Japan to require businesses to reduce distribution of disposable plastic items
Aug 24, 2021 23:20 pm UTC| Nature Economy
Japan will oblige businesses to reduce the distribution of 12 disposable plastic items beginning next April to promote recycling and tackle marine pollution. The country enacted a law in June to reduce plastic waste at...
When hotter and drier means more – but eventually less – wildfire
Aug 22, 2021 01:45 am UTC| Nature
There is abundant evidence that changes in the climate, both increased temperature and reduced precipitation, are making wildfires worse in the western U.S. The relationship between climate and wildfire seems obvious and...
How ancient beliefs in underwater worlds can shed light in a time of rising sea levels
Aug 22, 2021 01:35 am UTC| Nature
The small boat sliced its way through the waveless ocean. The Fiji air was warm and still, the silhouettes of distant islands like sentinels watching our progress. It seemed a perfect day to visit the Solo Lighthouse and...
Climate change: why government failure to act isn't the problem
Aug 22, 2021 01:09 am UTC| Nature Politics
The recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report underscored the dire state of the climate crisis, concluding that immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are needed to...
McDonald's claims 99.6% of its paper packaging sourced from sustainable fiber
Aug 21, 2021 14:19 pm UTC| Nature Economy
McDonalds Corp claims that it has sourced 99.6 percent of its paper food packaging in restaurants from recycled or sustainable fiber in 2020, up from 92 percent in 2019. In its annual sustainability report, the global...
3 lessons for forest towns as wildfire destroys historic Greenville, California
Aug 07, 2021 01:28 am UTC| Nature
A wildfire burning in dry mountain forest swept through the Gold Rush town of Greenville, California, on Aug. 4, reducing neighborhoods and the historic downtown to charred rubble. Hours earlier, the sheriff had warned...
S. Korea's carbon reduction planners criticized for 'poor skills'
Aug 06, 2021 23:40 pm UTC| Nature Economy
Environmental groups criticized the Presidential Committee on Carbon Neutrality for its poor skills in coming up with carbon neutrality plans that still emit greenhouse gas. Only one of the three options unveiled by the...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight