
Can We Dig Our Way Out of the Waste Crisis?
In August 2019, the sprawling Kpone landfill, 25 miles from the center of Accra, Ghana, burst into flames. As the city’s only engineered landfill, Kpone had been collecting cast-off clothing from the
In August 2019, the sprawling Kpone landfill, 25 miles from the center of Accra, Ghana, burst into flames. As the city’s only engineered landfill, Kpone had been collecting cast-off clothing from the
More than 3,000 people are feared dead and 10,000 are missing in Libya after torrential rains from Storm Daniel destroyed two dams, unleashing monstrous torrents of water, into, over, and through the
Leaders at the inaugural Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi issued a unanimous call Wednesday for world leaders to support a global carbon tax on fossil fuels, aviation, and shipping, as well as
Duke Riley started out making maritime crafts, like sailor’s valentines and scrimshaws, entirely out of shells, bones and other natural materials that washed ashore on the beaches of Cape Cod, Massachusetts and
The rule, which went into effect Tuesday, will stop most air travel between Paris and regional hubs like Nantes, Lyon and Bordeaux, though connecting flights are unaffected. The general rule is that
Some 15 climate activists in Manhattan were arrested after shutting down traffic and blocking motorcades like Paris Hilton's trying to reach the Met Gala Monday evening. “I blocked A-list limousine traffic today
Private jets are a luxury that's dirtier than what most jet owners had to do to get all that money. Four hours of flying on a private jet produces more climate pollution
JetBlue is taking back its 2020 promise to offset greenhouse gas pollution from its domestic US flights and will instead focus on cutting its per-seat pollution in half by using "sustainable aviation
United Airlines is seeking to reduce its net greenhouse gas pollution by investing in carbon capture and sequestration instead of merely buying carbon offsets. "Traditional carbon offsets do almost nothing to tackle
This fall, teen Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg will be touring the United States, attending two different climate summits in New York and Brazil to speak with world leaders. But the hardest
Last week, General Electric announced it would close a California gas plant 20 years ahead of schedule. The Inland Empire Energy Center in California, the company said, was “uneconomical to support further”
Since ancient times, games using role-playing and simulation have helped people navigate through important global conflict scenarios. These include military war games, as well as simulations in space, aviation, and medicine, where
When bees leave their hive hoping to find a better location for their nest, they often first settle nearby, usually on a tree branch, and cluster around the queen while several dozen
Ken Liu, author of the Dandelion Dynasty series, is one of the leading new voices in science fiction. His worlds are teeming with airships and submarines crafted from silk, sinew and feather.
You would never leave for a trip without knowing how you would get to your destination. And yet, the global airline industry just did exactly that. Last week, 190 countries agreed to
This year we saw a solar-powered plane circumnavigate the globe and a solar-powered boat gear up to do the same. As of last week, we can add to that list of clean
ExxonMobil just torpedoed a shareholder resolution that would have forced the company to disclose risks from climate change. In the main, the company remains committed to fossil fuels. Beyond the boardroom, however, Exxon is
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