Safety
New York’s Use of Landmark Climate Law Could Resound in Other States
Experts say they think a decision by regulators marks the first time that a law setting emissions targets has been used to block a natural gas pipelin...
Time Is Running Out on Safety Bad Actors
In these soul-trying times of COVID-19, it’s good to have something familiar that reminds us of those not-so-long-ago days when the world didn...
Coronavirus: Drivers Plan to Walk More to Keep Cleaner Air of Lockdown – Survey
British drivers are ready to change their behaviour to maintain the cleaner air of the lockdown and protect the environment, a survey suggests. Of the...
Climate Crisis: Tropical Rainforest ‘Tipping Point’ Identified as Scientists Call for Immediate Action to Tackle Global Warming
Tropical rainforests’ vital ability to store carbon is under threat due to rising global temperatures, and the Amazon is pa...
Sir David Attenborough Warns Climate Change has Been ‘Swept Off Front Pages’ By Coronavirus
Sir David Attenborough has warned that climate change has been “swept off the front pages” by the coronavirus pandemic. The 94-year-old broa...
In Michigan, Dams Plus Climate Change Equals a Disastrous Mix
Safety officers say dams should be built to take account of the increasingly intense and frequent storms linked to global warming. The flooding disast...
Pollution: Birds ‘Ingesting Hundreds of Bits of Plastic a Day’
Birds living on river banks are ingesting plastic at the rate of hundreds of tiny fragments a day, according to a new study. Scientists say this is th...
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Plunge in Response to Coronavirus Pandemic
A new study finds that carbon dioxide emissions fell as much as 17 percent, but the annual 5 percent projected for this year won’t have a long-term ...
Cyclone Swamps Parts of India, Bangladesh, Evacuations Keep Death Toll Down
Rescue teams searched for survivors in eastern India and Bangladesh on Thursday, a day after the most powerful cyclone in over a decade devastated coa...
Study: World Carbon Pollution Falls 17% During Pandemic Peak
The world cut its daily carbon dioxide emissions by 17% at the peak of the pandemic shutdown last month, a new study found. But with life and heat-tra...
Microplastic Pollution in Ocean Could be Double Previous Estimates, Study Finds
Microplastic pollution in the oceans is believed to be more than double the previous estimates. The scientists discovered that by sampling the waters ...
Digi-Key Electronics Utilizes New Tech to Keep Employees Safe
A group of engineers from Digi-Key Electronics, a global electronic components distributor based in northern Minnesota, have invented new tech to...