City residents who choose to drive will have to drive fully electric cars — though, they can choose non-Tesla models if they like. Self-driving electric minibuses (one of Tesla’s planned products), trams, and subways will be implemented for certain routes as well. Naturally, though, a...
The find is important because it reveals exactly why the most vulnerable parts of Greenland ice are melting so quickly: the deep snow layer that normally captures coastal meltwater was filled to capacity in 1997. That layer of snow and meltwater has since frozen solid, so that all new...
WWF’s polar bear tracker has been recording the unusual movements of one of the polar bears over the last few months with data suggesting this phenomenon is set to become the new norm as species adapt to the effects of climate change. This polar bear has been sighted on a beach on the...
A therapy dog belonging to a San Diego elementary school teacher proved to be a potential lifesaver – but not for what you might think. When the teacher filled his bowl with water from the classroom sink on Jan. 26, the dog refused to drink it. The teacher took a good look at the wate...
The following is an edited excerpt from "The Microgrid Revolution: Business Strategies for Next Generation Electricity" (Prager, 2016). Electricity, typically AC, has historically been a relatively homogenous product in homes and offices. Now, with "distributed generation," electricit...
What's the first thing that people tell you to do whenever you're upset or anxious? Take a deep breath. We know that slow, deep breaths can help us calm down. Pranayama, or yoga breathing, is a practice that has been around since at least the fifth or sixth centuries B.C. It focuses o...
As President Trump moved this week to halt federal efforts to slow climate change, his executive order on energy and climate also directed agencies to retreat from efforts to help cities and counties adapt to the effects of warming temperatures. Tuesday’s executive order rescinded dir...
Animal advocates have been working for years to free Tony , a Siberian-Bengal tiger who is being kept as an attraction at a truck stop in Grosse Tete, La. This week, they have renewed their efforts in the hope of seeing him finally moved to a sanctuary. Controversy has been swirling a...
Doch die Nachfrage nach ihren herrlich geschwungenen Hörnern und der Verlust ihres regenbogenfarbenen Lebensraums hat die Zahl der wildlebenden Einhörner dramatisch reduziert - bis zu einem Punkt, an dem diese erstaunlichen Lebewesen nur noch in unserer Fantasie existieren. Die größte...
Decades later, I now realize that I had been fortunate enough to encounter a "fallout." It's a phenomenon that occurs when weather patterns stop worn-out migrating songbirds in their tracks, and they descend en masse. Living in New York City, I've learned to keep my early May calendar...
WCS launches urgent campaign to protect the languid rainforest creatures from the rain. The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has announced an emergency campaign to tackle one of the most pressing conservation issues of our time ... keeping sloths dry. "After decades of study," the ...
Hanna Wheatley Assistant Researcher Despite widespread local and national opposition, fracking is gearing up to go live this summer. Fracking firm Cuadrilla began site construction in January at Preston New Road in Lancashire. If they get drills in the ground, it will be the first tim...
Singapore’s biggest supermarket retailer CarePrice has announced that it will withdraw all single-use plastic bags from its stores - a move that has provoked a heated response from consumers, with some threatening to boycott the company until it reinstates the service. CarePrice, the ...
By Nives Dolsak and Aseem Prakash , University of Washington As President Trump pivots from a failed attempt to overhaul health care to new orders rolling back controls on carbon pollution, environmentalists are preparing for an intense fight. We study environmental politics, and beli...
Pesticides — even organic varieties — are not the safest, healthiest or most effective natural pest control options. The addition of certain plants from the list below to your garden or farm will encourage biodiversity and a healthy population of beneficial garden insects that act as ...
Here’s why the Model 3 is Chief Cheeto: Tesla’s entire mission has been to accelerate the transition to sustainable transport. Cofounder and CEO Elon Musk expected the company to fail as a business, but hoped Tesla would still be able to hasten this transition. To do so, Tesla really ...
California Cap and Trade funds are doled out to projects throughout the state by California Climate Investments, which awarded more than $500 million in new funding in 2016, with projects in 57 of California’s 58 counties. California climate change champion Mary Nichols said of the pr...
As if it weren’t obvious enough that the new Environmental Protection Agency head does not care for science or public safety, Scott Pruitt has decided to ignore his own agency’s scientific recommendations and instead continue to approve the use of a seemingly dangerous insecticide on ...
A blowout on Platform A caused the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill Doc Searls/Flickr Those old enough to remember 1969 may recall that it was a very good year for music , moon landings , and the New York Mets . But it was a spectacularly bad time for the American environment. On January ...
Does the tree bear cones and have leaves that are needle-like? CLUE: These trees are called CONIFERS (cone-bearing) and most are EVERGREEN (trees with needles or leaves that remain alive and on the tree through the winter and into the next growing season). Yes - OR - Does the tree bea...
Nearby children are not the only casualties at Fukushima. Plant operator Masao Yoshida has died at age 58 of esophogeal cancer. Masao heroically refused to abandon Fukushima at the worst of the crisis, probably saving millions of lives. Workers at the site who are employed by independ...
The idea is that climate change doesn’t merely increase the overall likelihood of heat waves, say, or the volume of rainfall — it also changes the flow of weather itself. By altering massive planet-scale air patterns like the jet stream (pictured above), which flows in waves from west...
Right now, scientists are eagerly waiting until the summer months to quantify the effects that bison are having on Nachusa’s plant community. At that time, they will collect measurements of plant height, density, and species from both the grazed and un-grazed areas in order to underst...
Italian Volt is bringing a new fully customizable electric motorcycle to market. Called the Lacama, it has many unique features. The bodywork, frame, and swing arm of the Lacama are all 3D-printed. Customers can make modifications to any or all three of those components when placing t...
The Program shall be in effect from April 1, 2017 through April 30, 2017. To be eligible for the Quick Charger, customers must complete purchase or place a qualifying order from an authorized United States Zero Motorcycles dealer no later than April 30, 2017. Those who place a qualify...
April is also Spring Cleaning Month, and this is a good time to remember that keeping a clean home and a healthy environment don’t need to be mutually exclusive. For wiping down, swap out paper towels for reusable rags or old t-shirts that you can wash. Be aware of the amount of water...
Thank you for an overall excellent paper and webinar. Congratulations. I only have one issue to address and it relates to recommendation # 5. Eat fish that are low on the food chain. I believe this is based on the idea that fish low on the food chain will consume diets even lower on t...
At the start of this year, an investigation by Friends of the Earth revealed that chemicals firm INEOS wanted to explore for shale gas in beautiful Sherwood Forest. Was nothing sacred, we asked? Over a quarter of a million people agreed that this was an outrage – and signed petitions ...
As part of its commitment to creating a zero-emission, zero-fatality future for mobility, Nissan recently demonstrated its real-world testing of next generation autonomous drive prototype vehicles in London and the Fully Charged Show had chance to test the autonomous Nissan LEAF. Our ...
Stagger the Blooms. Pollinators show up at various times of the season, so the ideal plan would be to have plants blooming at various intervals all season long, for example, in early spring, mid- to late spring, early summer, mid- to late summer, early fall, and mid- to late fall (dep...
