Environment
Pollution
New York’s iconic hot dog carts are going electric to cut noise and pollution
New York is testing battery-powered street food carts that replace noisy gasoline generators with swappable batteries, offering a cleaner, quieter model that could reshape street vending in…
Paolo Travisi•10 August 2026
Water Management
Water becomes a weapon as the…
As conflict spreads across the Gulf, desalination plants and cogeneration facilities have…
Erminia Voccia•10 August 2026
Environment
US emissions increase as higher natural…
Rising natural gas prices triggered a sharp rebound in US coal consumption…
Erminia Voccia•2 July 2026
Climate Change
Respecting 1.5°C is still ‘technically feasible’: data from the Emissions Gap Report…
The annual report from the UN Environment Agency updates the key indicators to assess our remaining…
Editorial Team•25 October 2024
Climate Change
Gold, smartphones, and renewables fuel mining-driven deforestation
Since 2001, 14,000 km² of forests have been lost due to mining activities and related operations—an…
Editorial Team•24 October 2024
Climate Change
Since 2001, forest fire emissions have increased by 60%
Warmer, drier climates and higher forest growth rates are factors—linked to the climate crisis—that fuel forest…
Editorial Team•23 October 2024
Pollution
Whales mistake plastic waste for squid and unintentionally poison themselves
Hunting using acoustic signals to navigate in the deep sea, cetaceans mistake plastic waste for their…
Editorial Team•22 October 2024
Climate Change
Global carbon capture capacity remains stalled: only 51 million tons of CO2…
The CCS Institute has updated its global monitoring of carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects. While…
Editorial Team•18 October 2024
Climate Change
For Europe, adaptation to climate change is still a black hole
Report from the European Court of Auditors on actions for climate crisis adaptation. States provide generic…
Editorial Team•17 October 2024
Pollution
To reduce plastic pollution, we need to produce less and tax packaging
The OECD publishes a report proposing to reduce plastic pollution by 96% by 2040 with draconian…
Editorial Team•11 October 2024
Water Management
Rivers and glaciers never in such agony: the 2024 data on the…
The annual report of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) highlights the poor state of global water…
Editorial Team•10 October 2024
Climate Change
Vital parameters of the Earth, 25 out of 35 reach extreme records
The “2024 State of the Climate” report highlights a deterioration, with 20 red-alert indicators in 2023.…
Editorial Team•9 October 2024
Climate Change
The LNG imported from the United States pollutes 30% more than coal
A study by Cornell University calculates the carbon footprint of liquefied natural gas by including all…
Editorial Team•8 October 2024
Scientific Reports
Microplastics in corals could explain the “missing plastic problem”
Discovered by an international team, microplastics in corals remain trapped for a long time, disappearing from…
Editorial Team•2 October 2024
Pollution
Low-carbon hydrogen: how to assess emission savings?
The European Commission has launched a new public consultation on the draft delegated act that clarifies…
Editorial Team•1 October 2024
Climate Change
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