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Microplastics are more chemically volatile than previously thought, a new study found. That could explain how they contribute to inflammation and disease. A recent study challenges the notion that plastics don't easily undergo chemical reactions when in contact with other substances.

Companies like Stora Enso are transforming lignin (at 2000 degrees F) — a natural glue and waste byproduct of paper production — into bio-based "hard carbon." Using wood waste, we can now build battery anodes that charge faster…..

The rapid decline of Antarctic sea ice since 2016 has triggered a dramatic shift in a crucial part of Earth’s climate system, scientists say. Researchers documented a sharp salinity increase in a vast layer of the Southern Ocean, extending from 2,300 to 4,000 feet deep and encircling Antarctica.

This week the California Fish and Game Commission voted to create two brand new Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) at Point Sal (north of Santa Barbara and Mishopshno (south of SB), and to expand the existing Point Dume Marine Conservation Area.

Over the summer, the Coastal Biology Building on UC Santa Cruz’s Coastal Science Campus was retrofitted with a transparent film that has dots in a grid pattern, making it recognizable to a bird’s eye…

A new global study published in the journal Nature finds that solar panel recycling could recover billions of dollars in materials and cut emissions by 2060. Solar panel recycling could turn a looming waste crisis into a global windfall

Environmentalists worldwide are celebrating the re-election of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva as a win for the Amazon’s future and global climate policy. The three-term incumbent narrowly defeated right-wing Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, who climate activists warned would have stripped away environmental policies …..

2018 - 2019….Exxon’s ads for algae biofuel.....were everywhere.. They all promoted the idea that Exxon was helping to solve climate change by turning green algae into a renewable, sustainable fuel source …But now, newly reported sworn testimony by an Exxon scientist shows that Exxon always knew its algae biofuel ads were complete bullshit…

Hundreds of potential breast carcinogens taint everyday consumer products, food, drinking water, medicines, building materials and pesticides, scientists reported. The more scientists look for chemicals that can increase breast cancer risk, the more they find.

A bird-shaped kite and a floating scarecrow with spinning eyes reduced seabird deaths in Cornish fishing nets by up to 71 percent in a two-year trial. The devices cost relatively little, don’t require significant changes to how fishers work, and are already on the market.

Twenty-one states, including North Carolina, New York, California and Pennsylvania, as well as several cities, are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its repeal of most greenhouse gas emissions standards for coal- and natural gas-fired power plants. The agency’s proposal would also thwart future administrations from reinstating the rule.

When 31,367 acre of land in the Katahdin region became available for sale, The Trust for Public Land acted quickly to become a temporary owner. Our goal was to partner with the Penobscot Nation to reconnect Wáhsehtəkʷ to the Tribe while creating much-needed southern access to Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument, in Maine

Gigawatts of power are already available for the taking across the U.S. economy in the form of wasted energy from an unexpected source: motors. Some 50 million electric motors… (often) use far more energy than they actually need to keep America’s machines humming. Companies can install devices known as variable frequency drives, or VFDs, to make motors run super efficiently.

Join Biketober 2026 — a free, fun challenge to get you riding, connecting with your community, and taking action for climate. Read on for information about prizes and neighborhood events and resources focused on learning, moving, and connecting with bikes! Link HERE.

Gov. Newsom has signed two major clean energy bills into law, which will help to lower energy bills, improve the strength and resilience of our energy grid, and make renewable energy more accessible than ever before. One of these is the Clean Local Power Act SB 913 which will now allow local energy resources…

Oct 2 - Today a federal judge granted our request for an emergency injunction, stopping destructive border construction across the Big Bend region while our lawsuit moves forward. The bulldozers have been stopped.

El Niño is marked by warming in the Pacific Ocean’s surface layer, and Kelvin waves are the delivery system for warm water associated with El Niño. As tropical trade winds slow or reverse, ocean water slowly sloshes east, eventually smacking into South America and moving north and south. That deep ocean wave, moving ….

CA Prop 45 is a measure on the November 2026 ballot that would dramatically overhaul the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in a manner favorable to developers and real estate interests for a wide array of projects broadly deemed “essential.” Critically, Prop 45 would eliminate non-federally recognized California tribes

Governor Gavin Newsom has signed AB 1448 (Hart), the California Coastal Protection Act, into law. This legislation closes a loophole in state law that could have allowed existing oil and gas infrastructure in state waters to support new drilling in federal waters off California’s coast. This victory comes at an important time…

Zeldin claimed that the megabill passed by Republicans in Congress in July 2025 allowed the EPA to cancel Solar for All. But in last week’s order, U.S. District Judge Mary S. McElroy rebuffed that claim. “Congress’s clear intent was that EPA continue to administer the already obligated SFA grants,” she wrote…

Researchers ran the numbers on a worldwide sustainable-diet transition—and found a food system that looks nothing like today’s. The team modeled what would happen if the world actually switched to sustainable diets, rather than sticking with business as usual. The results are dramatic

On August 4, three days before he left office, Colombian President Gustavo Petro signed a resolution placing 186,500 square miles of the Amazon off-limits to any new extraction. That means no new mining concessions, no new oil or gas contracts, and no environmental permits that would make either possible

California is trying to become the first state to make fashion brands, manufacturers and retailers pick up the tab for textile waste, and the details of the plan are taking shape now. If it works, the transformation could be enormous: California residents discarded nearly 1.2 million tons of textiles in 2021 alone

A recent CSIRO ocean-going scientific expedition has discovered 149 new species in the deep-sea abyssal floor and shallow seamounts of the waters around the Christmas and Cocos islands, remote Australian possessions in the Indian Ocean. The new 149 included decapods (crabs, shrimps, kin) fishes, ophiuroids (brittle stars), barnacles, sea cucumbers,…

The electronic trash AI generates in the next 25 years could fill enough shipping containers to encircle the globe six times, it said. Yet, says the report by the non-profit environmental group Basel Action Network (BAN), there is no plan to deal with that waste…