Global Fund for Coral Reefs approves more than US$25 million in additional funding for...
Geneva - In the face of increasing threats to coral ecosystems and the recent announcement of a fourth global coral bleaching event, the Global Fund for Coral Reefs (GFCR) Executive Board has announced over...
Greenpeace USA Welcomes Congressional Call for a Moratorium on Deep Sea Mining
Washington, DC (July 2, 2024)—In response to the recent letter led by U.S. House Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raúl M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) and Rep. Ed Case (D-Hawaii), signed by a dozen House Democrats,...
$134-million initiative aims to eliminate mercury-containing medical devices
Albania, Burkina Faso, India, Montenegro and Uganda have joined forces to halt mercury pollution from the healthcare sector
Mercury harms human health and the environment
$134-million initiative will support a holistic approach to...
Flaco the Owl’s Death is a Call to Action for Bird-friendly Buildings
Flaco, an Eurasian Eagle-Owl, first gained fame when he escaped the Central Park Zoo after an act of vandalism of his enclosure over a year ago. His presence in Central Park drew bird lovers...
Chemical Exposure Action Map highlights health harms from multiple toxic chemicals
(Washington, DC) Today, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) launched its Chemical Exposure Action Map, a tool designed to help visualize health harms from multiple chemical exposures and encourage the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to...
Federal government’s new EV regulations will boost sales and lower prices
TORONTO, ON — Adam Thorn, Transportation Director at the Pembina Institute, made the following statement in response to the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard released today.
“We are very pleased that the federal government has finalized new...
Canada Ignores Calls to Address Climate Pollution from Industrial Logging
As the COP28 Climate Conference concludes this week, spotlighting global efforts for climate action, a glaring omission remains in Canada’s commitment to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.
In a disappointing move that undermines transparency and...
Air Force delivers helicopters for remote science campaign
A massive Royal Australian Air Force aircraft, usually used to move military equipment and distribute humanitarian aid, has delivered two BK117 helicopters to Antarctica for the first time. The helicopters will be used this...
Pumpkin waste: three ways to stop your leftover lantern becoming a Halloween horror story
This Halloween, around 18,000 tonnes of pumpkins will go to waste in the UK alone. That’s because, of the 30 million purchased each year, about half go entirely uneaten. That’s £27 million worth of...
NOAA uses artificial intelligence to translate forecasts, warnings into Spanish and Chinese
NOAA’s National Weather Service (NWS) has provided manual translations of weather forecasts and warnings in Spanish for the past 30 years, but now the agency has a new tool to be more accurate, efficient...
Antarctic sea ice hits record low maximum extent for 2023
Antarctic sea ice has likely reached its maximum extent for the year, at 16.96 million square kilometers (6.55 million square miles) on September 10, according to scientists at the National Snow and Ice Data...
Supergiant iceberg makes surrounding ocean surface colder and less salty
The melting of the supergiant iceberg A-68 had a huge impact on the ocean around South Georgia, in sub-Antarctica, and significantly changed the Southern Ocean’s temperature and saltiness, with potentially major consequences for this...
