Environment

Plastic waste of all shapes and sizes permeates the world’s oceans. It shows up on beaches, in fish and even in Arctic sea ice. And a new report from the…

Private equity firms are increasingly profiting from cleaning up climate disasters in the US, while failing to better protect workers and often also investing in the fossil fuels that are…

Up to one million species are now threatened with extinction, marking a rapid and serious decline in the health of the ecosystems we all depend on to survive and thrive.This loss is deeply concerning, ……

The Standing Rock Sioux reservation near the border of North and South Dakota has some of America’s most powerful winds, with 20 mile an hour (mph) gusts regularly scouring its vast plains.

Girls and women do not experience climate change in the same ways as boys and men. The reason? Historical and structural gender inequalities — which also affect how, and to…

“The system of death surveillance wasn’t designed for a climate-changed world.”…

Back in November 2019, before the pandemic began, would you have guessed how important videoconferencing like Zoom would be in people’s lives just a few months later? That’s the kind…

A new study found significant associations between both long- and short-term exposure to environmental heat during a pregnancy and severe maternal morbidity.

It hardly matters if you’re dealing with food justice activists or tech-startup entrepreneurs. Small, independent farmers or the corporate leadership of agribusiness giants. Policy wonks or research scientists. Everyone is talking…

Mobile homes house 22 million people in the U.S.and investing in them could be a solution to the housing and climate crises…

HR professionals and hiring managers have much to do with setting the ecological standard for current and incoming employees.

Researchers found that children exposed to secondhand smoke had higher than average levels of lead in their blood.