Newsflash for January 22, 2025
Top global polluter Coca-Cola announced “voluntary environmental goals”, in which the company dropped its reuse targets and decreased its plastic recycling goals from previous initiatives. In 2022, Coca-Cola had committed to making 25% of its packaging reusable by 2030 Alarmingly, in the new announcement, the reuse goal has disappeared.
Newsflash for January 21, 2025
The common electric vehicle doesn't need to hit lightning speeds – but Formula E race cars could usher in a new era for all. When Formula E's Season 10 kicked off at Mexico City's Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez last year, the roar of 40,000 spectators easily drowned out the mosquito whine of the 24 all-electric race cars zipping off the starting grid. Hurtling along at speeds upwards of 300km/h (186mph), some of the best drivers in the world jockeyed for position along the circuit. Formula E is now a decade old. It has 11 teams, with 22 drivers total, operating single-seater race cars similar in appearance to the famed open-cockpit vehicles of Formula One. More car buyers are expected to eventually pick battery-powered cars and trucks as prices fall and technology improves, even if Biden-era incentives disappear.
Newsflash for January 20, 2025
What Happened to Carter’s White House Solar Panels? They Lived On. It was a novel idea at the time, but one that made sense: In 1979, President Jimmy Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House. It was a novel idea at the time, but one that made sense: In 1979, President Jimmy Carter had 32 solar panels installed on the roof of the White House. They were removed just seven years later, under President Ronald Reagan. But that wasn’t the end of their story. They were picked up at a bargain price by a small college in Maine, where they continued to generate power for years, and eventually ended up scattered around the United States and China.
Newsflash for January 1, 2025
College students get emotional about climate change. Some are finding help in class.
Newsflash for December 27, 2024
The days of cheap coffee are gone forever… Coffee prices soar after droughts in Brazil and Vietnam.
Newsflash for November 9, 2024
Forty-three escape
Bananas left in their wake
Newsflash for October 13, 2024
In a climate change-ravaged future, Florida residents need to prepare for what is to come, underscoring more homes need to be built and designed in a different way.
Newsflash for September 8, 2024
Happy Birthday, Smokey Bear! Smokey Bear turns 80 this year. Human-caused climate change has made these fires more intense and dangerous, but it isn’t the only factor: Federal data and various independent studies show that around 80% of all wildfires in the country are caused by humans, making Smokey’s message more relevant than ever.
Newsflash for September 6, 2024
Dragons and Sharks on a Beach Near You: The Story of the Great Lego Spill: Nearly five million Lego pieces plunged into the sea in 1997. The pieces are still showing up — on England’s coast, in Ireland, Belgium, France and possibly at the beach near you. The Lego pieces were packed in a shipping container when a rogue wave hit the Tokio Express, a cargo ship hauling the toys and other goods.The ship, which had been traveling to New York from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, nearly capsized, and it lost all 62 of its shipping containers — an event known as the Great Lego Spill.
Newsflash for July 9, 2024
Millions of tons of fireworks are set off each year to mark Independence Day in the United States, causing air pollution to spike. Should we be worried?
Newsflash for June 2, 2024
Climate change will be a lesser priority in Florida and largely disappear from state statutes under legislation recently signed by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that also bans power-generating wind turbines offshore or near the state's lengthy coastline.
Newsflash for May 19, 2024
No cars allowed in Brazil Amazon town cycling to net zero emissions: By turning off the combustion engine, resisting the tarmac temptation and abiding by centuries-old ways of the river, the town is a real time experiment in how to navigate an increasingly uncertain world where unruly climate change is overturning the rules of sustainable urban habitability.
Newsflash for May 7, 2024
A swarm of bees delays Dodgers-Diamondbacks baseball game for 2 hours in Phoenix, AZ. Professional beekeeper, Matt Hilton, was called to address the swarming bee challenge. The bees were not killed, they were treated with a non-pesticidal solution and will be released off-site. The beekeeper then threw the first pitch of the game after clearing bee swarm!
Newsflash for March 12, 2024
According to science, a longing for relocation, or the greener-grass syndrome, may actually have an adverse effect. In creating a “hyper-want” for a new car, home, or city, people may actually get too focused on what they don’t have instead of what they do have. It’s more likely that social bonds with happy people tend to make one happy, which—at least in theory—could make any city the “happiest.”
Newsflash for January 30, 2024
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has cost tens of thousands of lives. It has disrupted millions more. And there are other ripple effects far beyond the frontlines — the war appears to be hampering crucial climate research. A new study finds that without data about things like temperature and snow in the Russian Arctic, our understanding of how climate change is affecting the Arctic as a whole will get less and less accurate over time.
