News Archives - Earth911 https://earth911.com/category/news/ More Ideas, Less Waste Fri, 02 Aug 2024 18:32:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://earth911.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/logo-p2-100x100.jpg News Archives - Earth911 https://earth911.com/category/news/ 32 32 We Earthlings: 91% of All Plastic Is Still Unrecycled https://earth911.com/inspire/we-earthlings-91-of-all-plastic-is-still-unrecycled/ Tue, 06 Aug 2024 07:05:42 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=345789&preview=true&preview_id=345789 91% of all plastic ever manufactured is still unrecycled. And how much have we manufactured?...

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]]> Mitch Ratcliffe 9 Alternatives to Single-Use Plastic Straws https://earth911.com/home-garden/straw-alternatives/ Tue, 02 Apr 2024 11:00:53 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=336481 Single-use plastic straws are an environmental problem that few people think about. But consider the popularity...

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]]> Haley Shapley The Energy Transition Tunnel Is Narrowing, But There’s Light, Too https://earth911.com/news/the-end-of-the-energy-transition-tunnel-is-smaller-but-theres-light-too/ Wed, 11 Oct 2023 11:00:23 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=363599 Global fossil fuel emissions are expected to peak in the middle of the 2020s and...

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]]> Geneva Ratcliffe Join In: World Cleanup Day Activities https://earth911.com/living-well-being/join-in-world-cleanup-day-activities/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 11:00:37 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=363387 Since 2017, volunteers have gathered worldwide to participate in World Cleanup Day, a popular global...

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]]> Geneva Ratcliffe Ecosystem Health Check: A Look Ahead at the US’ First National Nature Assessment https://earth911.com/news/ecosystem-health-check-a-look-ahead-at-the-us-first-national-nature-assessment/ Wed, 16 Aug 2023 11:00:18 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=363260 The United States and human civilization face a nature crisis. Our ecosystems are degrading alarmingly,...

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]]> Geneva Ratcliffe Smokestorm Relief: What To Do During Smoke Pollution Events https://earth911.com/health/smokestorm-relief-what-to-do-during-smoke-pollution-events/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 07:01:54 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=338244 Smoke season has become an unfortunate, dreary part of every summer. Back in 2018, wildfires...

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]]> Claire Waring Corporate Media Fiddle as the Planet Burns https://earth911.com/business-policy/corporate-media-fiddle-as-the-planet-burns/ Fri, 24 Feb 2023 12:00:01 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=360767 Editor’s note: We invited Project Censored to highlight five environmental news stories that should have...

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]]> Claire Waring We Earthlings: Recycling Plastic #1 https://earth911.com/inspire/we-earthlings-recycling-plastic-1/ Mon, 26 Sep 2022 07:05:54 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=345600&preview=true&preview_id=345600 Did you know that recycling just one pound of plastic #1 (also labeled PET or...

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]]> Mitch Ratcliffe Earth911 Reader — Business: Retailers Ditching Plastic Bags, The Social Cost of Carbon and Recyclable Snack Wrappers https://earth911.com/business-policy/earth911-reader-business-retailers-ditching-plastic-bags-the-social-cost-of-carbon-and-recyclable-snack-wrappers/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 10:06:42 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=351426 Grocers Support Ditching Single-use Plastic Bags Walmart, Target, and CVS announced a partnership with Closed...

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]]> Mitch Ratcliffe Earth911 Reader — Sustainability: The Texas Weather Massacre and Bill Gates’ Green Vision https://earth911.com/news/earth911-reader-sustainability-the-texas-weather-massacre-and-bill-gates-green-vision/ Sat, 20 Feb 2021 10:00:17 +0000 https://earth911.com/?p=351448&preview=true&preview_id=351448 Extreme Weather Breaks Texas’ Fossil Fuel and Renewables Energy Grids Millions of people without power...

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