Climate change is eliminating giant chunks of ice from Greenland at such a speed that the melt has already made a significant contribution to sea level rise, according to a new study....
Ralph Lauren has unveiled a new line of polo shirts made from recycled plastic bottles.
The shirts are made in Taiwan, which is where the bottles are collected, and are dyed without needing...
Apple has quadrupled the number of locations customers can send their old iPhone to be disassembled by its recycling robots.
Customers can return their obsolete and damaged devices to Best Buy stores throughout...
New Zealand's pristine image as a haven of untouched forests and landscapes was tarnished this week by a brand new government report. The Environment Aotearoa 2019 painted a bleak image of the...
Last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature reached agreement on one of the most pro-environmental budget sessions in many years.
Not surprisingly, Albany’s agreement on a new comprehensive congestion...
One-sixth of the carbon footprint of the average diet in the European Union can be directly linked to deforestation in tropical countries, according to a new study from researchers at Chalmers University...
There have been more than 400 arrests linked to the Extinction Rebellion protests across London and reports suggest the capital’s cells are rapidly filling up.
The Metropolitan police would not release up-to-date figures...
The Arbor Day Foundation today announced the launch of its Time for Trees initiative, a commitment to plant 100 million trees in forests and communities worldwide by 2022 – the 150th anniversary...
Russian authorities have announced that they will release all 97 whales currently being held captive in the country’s Far East.
The whales made news in November last year when an aerial drone video...
Extreme weather during 2017 and 2018 left Scottish farmers with a £161 million bill.
That’s according to a new report published today by independent economic consultancy Ecosulis and commissioned by WWF Scotland.
The report...
A £1m fund to help expand and improve paper cup recycling facilities across the UK will be launched on Thursday by the coffee giant Starbucks and environmental charity Hubbub.
Local authorities, recycling companies...
For the first time in 140 years, wolves have an official home in the Netherlands.
Ecologists told BBC Radio 4 that a female wolf they had been tracking had stayed in the country...
Sweden has the lowest share of fossil fuels in its primary energy supply among all member countries that are part of the International Energy Agency (IEA).
It is also the second lowest carbon...
The shift towards a low carbon energy system must accelerate to stay in line with the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement.
That’s the verdict offered in a new report from the International...
Scientists estimate that at least 100 million and maybe as many as a billion birds die each year in the US when they collide with buildings, especially glass-covered or illuminated skyscrapers. And,...
Poor diet killed 11 million people in 2017, making it a more deadly health risk than smoking, a major new study has found.
The finding is part of a Global Burden of Disease...