Scotland eyes 50% renewable energy by 2030 in shift away from North Sea oil | UK news | The Guardian
SNP unveils plan encouraging motorists, homeowners and businesses to use low- or zero-carbon sources for half their energy
Sep. 26 is Nuclear Abolition Day. It was also the day one man saved the world
“Petrov was the lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Union’s Air Defense Forces who, on the night of September 26, 1983 just happened to be in charge of monitoring his country’s satellite system that watched for a potential launch of nuclear weapons by the United States. In the early hours, such a launch appeared to have…
Standing Rock and the Return of the Nonviolent Campaign
There’s something even better than electoral politics and one-off protests when mobilizing citizen power.
Telling The Good Mushrooms From The Killers | Jefferson Public Radio
If you are at all into eating mushrooms, can you tell the yummy from the deadly? Identifying mushrooms can be a very tricky process, with very high stakes
Ten things to do to help honeybees | Environment | The Guardian
Dr Ivor Davis, master beekeeper and past president of the British Beekeepers’ Association, suggests 10 things you can do to help protect our honeybees
The Biggest Tree Canopy on the Planet Stretches Across Nearly Five Acres
In remote India, a visit to Thimmamma Marrimanu offers a spectacular lesson in the vital coexistence of living things
The Costs of Bottled Water on the Environment—and Your Health
Billions of bottles are added to the world’s growing plastic pollution problem each year. The article below shows the lowlights for water bottles.
The Dire Warnings of the United Nations’ Latest Climate-Change Report
Carolyn Kormann on a new report from the I.P.C.C., which states that global climate change will have catastrophic consequences once the planet surpasses 1.5 degrees of warming, which could happen in just a few years.
The ozone hole is on track to close within 50 years | The Optimist Daily
Researchers credit increased regulation in China as well as other underregulated areas for the continued success of the Montreal Protocol.
The Power of Salt
Where the river meets the sea, there is the potential to harness a significant amount of renewable energy, according to a team of mechanical engineers at MIT.