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Water and Pesticide Use Cut Nearly in Half After ‘Better Cotton’ Helps Farmers Become Sustainable
It's everyone's favorite fabric—and over the last decade it’s become way more sustainable.
Better Cotton just published a major annual impact report highlighting significant progress...
4 Decades of Data Suggests Pacific Coral Reefs Can Acclimate to Warming Oceans and Resist Future Bleaching
Data collected over the last 40 years at a remote coral reef within the territorial waters of Palau has shown that corals are more...
India Succeeds in Reducing Emissions Rate by 33% Over 14 Years, on Track to Meet all Targets
According to officials speaking with Reuters, India has reduced her greenhouse gas emissions by one-third since 2009.
The climate triumph was achieved by increased renewable...
In Frigid Maine So Many Heat Pumps Were Sold the State Passed its Clean-Energy Target Two Years Early
Governor Janet Mills announced that Maine has, two years ahead of time, surpassed its goal of installing 100,000 new heat pumps by 2025, a...
Good News in History, July 30
Happy 80th Birthday to the Jamaican ska and reggae musician, singer, and actor, Jimmy Cliff. After scoring his first hit at age 14, he...
All Kinds of Trash is Turned into Valuable Graphene That Can Cut Environmental Impact of Concrete by a Third
Imagine if you could turn a material that costs $100 per ton into one that costs thousands of dollars per pound—it's the kind of...
Scientists Are Recycling Wastewater to Reclaim Valuable Phosphorous to Put Back in Soil
Scientists have taken pollutant phosphorus from wastewater and infused it into a soil superfood called biochar to really "close the loop" on several widespread...
NASA Unveils an X-Plane They Hope Will Save Earth
NASA and Boeing have unveiled the plane they hope will save the Earth.
The aim is for the experimental aircraft to help reach a net...
Scientists Find Methane is Actually Offsetting 30% of its Own Heating Effect on Planet
Although methane is harmful in its effect on our climate, a new study of the greenhouse gas shows that its effects are not as...
First Flight of Regional Jet Powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells–40-Seater is Largest Ever to Fly
A fledgling energy company looking to develop true zero-emissions aircraft just took a massive leap forward with the first-ever regional passenger flight powered principally...
Watch This Cargo Ship Fly a Giant Kite to Save Fuel and Cut Emissions
Using an ancient solution for a modern problem, a firm successfully tested how a giant kite can be used to tug shipping vessels across...
These Guys Make Edible Cement From Food Waste – And You Can Literally Add it to Your Gingerbread House
A pair of Japanese researchers have launched a startup that turns food waste into cement with 4-times better bending resistance.
The potential applications are endless,...
100% Hydrogen-Powered Jet Engine Successfully Tested by EasyJet and Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce and easyJet yesterday confirmed they have set a new aviation milestone with the world’s first run of a modern jet engine on green...
Breakthrough Zero-Carbon Fertilizer Set to Take Root Across the World as ‘Biochar’
Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel.
Imagine if every time you threw out your lawn...
EU Smashes 2020 Climate Target, Records 34% Drop in Emissions to Lowest Level Since 1990
Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union reached their lowest level since 1990, according to official EU data reported this week by the...
Electric Cars Could Be Made With Plastic From Clunkers According to New Research
Electric cars could be made with plastic from old clunkers, according to new research.
Bumpers, carpets, mats, seating, seals, and door casings have been turned...
Common Clay in Kitty Litter Could Be the Friendliest Way to Cut Emissions and Fight Climate Change
MIT researchers have come up with a dirt-cheap solution to curbing methane emissions in the air—a major cause of global warming—using minerals commonly found...
Chinook Salmon Introduced to Mountain Streams Not Inhabited for 100 Years
The historic reintroduction of Chinook salmon into a California creek this spring will help secure another generation of this iconic species.
State and federal biologists...
Bronx Housing Complex Comes With Giant Machine Stomach to Turn All Food Waste Into Fertilizer
A new community housing development in the Bronx will feature a cool piece of kit: an on-site aerobic digester that can turn 1,100 pounds...
Hundreds of US Cities Composting Their Food Waste Helps Farmers and Cuts Tons of Emissions
Last week, new water restrictions issued for millions of residents of Southern California highlighted the need to make agriculture more efficient—and a new statewide...