environmental issues, Tag

Fnji, a design brand based in China, is using its platform to raise awareness for global warming, specifically the effect on sea ice. The new Iceberg Sofa is a sculptural furniture piece made of interconnecting gray-blue...

The general election for 2018 features many interesting issues related to environmental improvements. But with these environmental proposals competing with other issues on the ballot, it is easy for them to get lost in the...

Bad news for national park lovers: a new study published in Science Advances has found that many national parks have levels of of air pollution on par with major US cities...

The 2016 Olympics in Rio will begin in just over a week and despite several ongoing catastrophes, the games will go on. In light of this monumental event, we thought we'd take a closer look at its environmental impact and...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) estimates that over 60 million tons of electronic waste is dumped in landfills every year. In Agbogbloshie, Ghana one of the world's largest e-waste burial grounds houses thousands...

Smoky the Bear said, "Only You Can Prevent Wildfires." In Colorado the phrase "forest fire" is commensurate with a four letter word. For hundreds of years, forest fires have been a designated as bad news

Senegal has a serious environmental crisis on its hands. Between devastating deforestation, slash-and-burn agricultural practices, encroaching desertification, massive industrial waste and overgrazing, the country has a fight...

Senegal has a serious environmental crisis on its hands. Between devastating deforestation, slash-and-burn agricultural practices, encroaching desertification, massive industrial waste and overgrazing, the country has a fight...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbR6iQ62v9k&feature=inp-lt-yti-01 If you're online right now, you might want to stop everything you're doing to listen to this exclusive interview with President Obama. YouTube creators...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbR6iQ62v9k&feature=inp-lt-yti-01 If you're online right now, you might want to stop everything you're doing to listen to this exclusive interview with President Obama. YouTube creators...

In March 2015, Pope Francis plans to deliver an edict urging his followers to take action against climate change. This conservationist call-to-action will be the first of its kind delivered by a pope. The edict will call...

Maui is winning the war against Monsanto, according to an attorney for the Sustainable Hawaiian Agriculture for the Keiki and the Aina (SHAKA) Movement. On November 4, Maui voters approved a measure that would ban GMOs in...

Every year 33 million acres of forest are lost to deforestation as forests are cut down to make room for agriculture, to build roads, for mining and logging operations and to build hydroelectric dams...

As populations increase and urbanization intensifies, our water and ecosystems are at risk. Today IBM announced a project that will introduce first-in-Canada technology that uses big data to help protect our drinking water,...

When U.S. journalist Emily Atkin flew into Fort McMurray, Alberta, to "see the tar sands," her Canadian border control interview left her uncomfortable enough to investigate the experiences of others in the environmental...