by Claire | Apr 20, 2019 | Climate Change, Green & Global News
Americans are consuming more and more stuff. Now that other countries won’t take our papers and plastics, they’re ending up in the trash. After decades of earnest public-information campaigns, Americans are finally recycling. Airports, malls,...
by Claire | Apr 17, 2019 | Green & Global News
In its latest environmental impact statement, Tesla announced that it will open its own battery recycling facility. Tesla has been recycling batteries made at the factory using third-party recyclers. Now, as the earliest Model Ses reach 7 years old, and the company is...
by Claire | Apr 11, 2019 | Green & Global News
Traditional Thai desserts wrapped in very environmentally friendly banana leaf packaging. Thailand and Vietnam are two of the five countries that account for 60 percent of the plastic in the world’s oceans, according to a 2015 study....
by Claire | Apr 6, 2019 | Green & Global News, Green Food
When we come across a problem that seems insurmountable, it’s easy to hold up technology as a cure-all. That seems to be the case with food waste. Recently Eater published a story stating “Food Waste is the Next Great Gold Rush,” referencing Bloomberg’s...
by Claire | Feb 28, 2019 | Green & Global News
Sara Stefanini, Climate Home News 27 February 2019 President Carlos Alvarado Quesada has launched an economy-wide plan to slash his country’s greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century Costa Rica aims to slash the use of fossil fuels in transport, buildings and...
by Claire | Feb 28, 2019 | Green & Global News, Green Health
Fiona Harvey and Niamh McIntyre, the Guardian 27 February 2019 London, Leeds, Doncaster and Maidstone are among the worst affected Almost 2,000 locations across the UK have levels of air pollution that exceed safety limits, according to a pollution...