Air pollution may decrease eggs in women’s ovaries
Air pollution doesn’t only affect your lungs – new research suggests air quality may also be linked to the number of eggs in women’s ovaries. It has long been known that environmental factors impact our reproductive systems, and multiple studies linked low sperm count with environmental indicators, but fewer examine the connection to ovaries. This newest study, presented at the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology is the first to look at the prevalence of eggs and not just…
The huge carbon footprint of cement (and what we can do about it)
When you manufacture cement, you heat up limestone and other clay-like materials to an astounding 2,552 degrees Fahrenheit (1,400 Celsius). Creating temperatures that high requires an awful lot of energy and (usually) a large amount of fossil fuels. Not only…
Canada is Moving to Ban Dozens of ‘Harmful’ Single-Use Plastics as Soon as 2021
Canadian legislators are aiming to phase out single-use plastics such as straws, coffee lids, shopping bags, and straws within the next two years.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Lawmakers move to require net-zero fossil fuel pollution
The lower chamber of Britain’s Parliament approved a move to toughen targets on fossil fuel pollution, setting a goal of reaching a level of net zero by 2050.
Oregon GOP Won’t Return Until Expensive Carbon Tax Bill Is Scrapped
One of the runaway Oregon Republican senators said they won’t return to the state until the “inefficient, complicated, and expensive” carbon tax is scrapped and a bipartisan solution is found. Oregon State Senator Tim Knopp appeared on “Fox and Friends”…
Nissan and Mackie deliver ice cream without a topping of diesel fumes
Batteries recycled from old LEAFs run the refrigeration equipment in this all-electric truck.
Huge freshwater aquifer found under the ocean
Scientists have found a giant aquifer under the Northeastern U.S., estimated to hold at least 670 cubic miles of freshwater. If it was on the surface, they say, it would create a lake spanning 15,000 square miles, which is twice…
A new material that's part plastic and part rock is forming on this Portuguese island
Ignacio Gestoso first found signs of plastic-infused rocks during a 2016 visit to Madeira. (Photo: Ignacio Gestoso) You know we have a problem when our plastic pollution starts becoming a permanent fixture of the planet’s geology. And that seems to…
A circular city remains a destination of the future, but many are traveling there
It’s still early days for circular cities.
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