Unfortunately, the lifestyles of around three average American citizens make enough carbon emissions that can kill one person. What’s more, the emissions from one coal-fired power plant will likely result in more than 900 deaths, found the first analysis that calculated the mortal cost of CO2 emissions. This new research […]
Consumer goods giant Unilever has placed a ban on all animal testing not required by law for all of their products. The brand has been added to PETA’s list of companies that are working for regulatory change. It’s a category that recognizes companies that test on animals solely when required […]
Under the primary environmental law of Canada, plastic is now considered toxic. Under the CEPA, this law was announced by Trudeau’s government recently. This decision came after months of lobbying by the $28 billion plastics industry of Canada and it opened the way for a possible ban on single-use plastics. […]
Some two decades ago, the last trash load arrived at the Fresh Kills Landfill. The packed barged turned slowly out of the Arthur Kill, a long, brown tidal strait that divides Staten Island from New Jersey, and docked at the Sanitation Department Pier. The once biggest landfill in the world, […]
India’s Uttar Pradesh has carried out a massive tree-planting campaign that has the goal to boost the forest area. In fact, it’s part of the Indian pledge to maintain a third of their total land a forest. And, millions of Indians participated in the annual planting mission. They managed to […]
Under the solar panels in Minnesota, there are green wildflower-studded pastures where a bunch of sheep graze and there’s a chance that biodiversity may recover. While the sheep are grazing through the tall prairie grass, butterflies and other insects visit the native flowers growing there. The pastoral setting isn’t a […]
What if we were able to closely track plants’ health, similarly to when we use a monitor to track our heartbeat? According to researchers, they’re closer to achieving this goal by using a microsensor that can be inserted into stems and leaves of crops to monitor their health and productivity. […]
When you’re not in the mood to compost food scraps, you may be able to use them to make concrete! At least this is what researchers hope to achieve in the near future. In fact, they’re closer to the end goal. They’ve found a method to use fruit and veggie […]
While harvesting his wheat and canola farm near Crosby in North Dakota, Lane Unhjem went into a cardiac arrest when his combine caught fire. He was immediately taken to the hospital, but his crops remained unharvested. This is where his friends, neighbors, and family members stepped in. They wasted no […]
A new study published in the journal Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology found that the microbes in the stomachs of cows are capable of dissolving plastic and potentially offer a new, sustainable method to clear out plastic waste. These microbes come from the rumen, one of the four parts that […]
