Source: spectrum.ieee.org Published: November 23, 2016 By Andrew Silver Sanivation’s poop-based fuel briquettes finish cooling and drying on racks. Photo: Sanivation In August 2015—after a couple of years of testing—a company in Kenya began commercially...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: November 15, 2017 Plastic debris collected by NOAA staff and volunteers on the Midway Atoll in the Pacific ocean. Holly Richards / USFWS / Flickr David Leestma Plastic is moldable, durable, and its versatility means it’s everywhere...
Source: wvpublic.org Published Date: November 10, 2017 By Glynis Board A bipartisan group in Congress, including several Ohio Valley lawmakers, is pushing for more federal support for poorly understood technology known as carbon capture and storage. The lawmakers and...
Source: theguardian.com Published: November 8, 2017 A wind farm off the coast of Sussex. Photograph: Mike Hewitt/Getty Images Damian Carrington Until recently the battle to avert catastrophic climate change – floods, droughts, famine, mass migrations – seemed to be...
Source: ecowatch.com Published: November 6, 2017 Ronnie Cummins One of the most politically charged debates today, especially in the U.S. and Europe, is the so-called “immigration crisis.” There are approximately 250 million (3 percent of the world’s...
Source: earth911.com Published: November 3, 2017 Brian Brassaw As a kid, I remember seeing striking pictures of massive jets, tiny turbo props and other aircraft seemingly abandoned in the arid desert. Across the southwestern United States, there are seven major...
Source: therevelator.org Published: November 3, 2017 By John R. Platt The nights are getting shorter, the days are getting cooler, and the bookstores are stocking up on great new titles. Here are six new environmentally themed books coming our way this November,...