Environment

Today, the plummeting price of renewables is helping humanity decarbonize: Wind energy prices dropped by 55 percent in the 2010s, the new report notes, while solar power and lithium ion batteries got 85 percent cheaper—much cheaper than…
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Ancolie Stoll tends to one such space called Nilatangam, a 7.5-hectare afforestation project started by her European parents when Auroville was first set up.Nilatangam has tall trees from different parts of the world but few indigenous…
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Commuters make their way along a street amid smoggy and foggy conditions early in the morning in Lahore on January 3, 2023.Arif Ali | AFP | Getty ImagesAbout 90% of the global population in 2022 experienced unhealthy air quality, and only…
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Rolls-Royce has been working on a Micro-Reactor program "to develop technology that will provide power needed for humans to live and work on the Moon."Lorenzo Di Cola | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesLONDON — The UK Space Agency said Friday it…
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Following years of concern, the US Environmental Protection Agency moved this week to clean up drinking water, announcing the nation’s first standards for six “forever chemicals” found in tap water. It’s a foreboding and informal name for…
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When most cities explore methods of making their streets friendlierfor cyclists and pedestrians, government agencies usually propose installing protected bike lanes or maybe closing down a street to vehicle traffic. Almost no municipality…
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Four Australian states and territories will now heavily fine drivers hogging up EV chargers, and it doesn’t matter if charging station squatters are driving ICE-equipped cars or EVs. Depending on the location, the new fines range from $369…
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“If there are welfare concerns, you’ve got to intervene at the planning stages, when those facilities are being designed and constructed,” says Bob Fischer, a professor at Texas State University who works on insect welfare. There are many…
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A Canadian activist is facing a criminal charge after storming the stage at this week’s Juno Awards and interrupting a speech by Avril Lavigne — but she’s standing firmly behind the stunt in her latest remarks.Casey “Ever” Hatherly was…
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Descrease article font size Increase article font size The woman who went on stage topless at the Juno Awards in Edmonton on Monday said she did it to bring attention to the…
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