Compared to a flight to a destination and a stay in a fancy hotel, cruise-ship vacations emit about twice as much total greenhouse gas. Emissions are high despite the cruise industry’s efforts to bring more efficiency to their fleet. (Photo: Creative Commons)
Scientists predicted 2023 was going to break records, but the temperatures surprised – and alarmed – researchers. It may have been one of the hottest in 100,000 years. The New York Times explains. (Photo: Roberto Rizzato, Creative Commons)
The media and people tend to focus on bad environmental news (and there is plenty), but 2023 saw some excellent strides in climate and nature. The BBC’s Future Planet Team look at nine of them. (Image: Creative Commons)
Save energy, save money, save the planet! Now that’s a triple scoop of eco-goodness! Lutherans Restoring Creation teamed up with the US Department of Energy to craft this guide, filled with ideas, inspirations and links for deeper diving.
The holidays have become a time of consumption, putting lots of stress on the environment, but it doesn’t have to be so. The United Nations’ Environmental Program suggests ways to be more environmentally conscious.
The way we eat is a major source of the greenhouse gas emissions that are pushing global temperatures to new extremes. One solution is “tinned fish,” which are among the lowest-carbon animal protein available. Bloomberg News reports. (Photo: Creative Commons)
From snakes, to spiders, to bats, some of the most feared and hated (except at Halloween!) critters bring enormous benefits to agriculture and the environment in general. The Nature Conservancy reports. Photo: Creative Commons
Many utilities have taken the climate pledge to be ‘net zero’ by 2050, but most are doing little to reach that goal. The findings are contained in the Sierra Club’s annual report, “The Dirty Truth About Utility Climate Pledges.” (Photo: Peter Grima, Creative Commons)
Record-breaking temperatures are disrupting life across the globe in disturbing and dramatic ways . Getpocket.com has assembled articles showing the damaging effects. (Photo: Roberto Rizzato, Creative Commons)
Short-lived fashion crazes in the industrialized world sends billions of perfectly good clothing items into the waste stream. Much of the cast-off garments end up in the developing world, where it causes big environmental problems. (Photo: Sherrie ThaI)
