Good News for the Environment

Forested Bhutan, Suriname, and Panama now absorb more emissions than they produce. Can other countries join them?

A group of “holistic engineers” wants to return the arid Sinai peninsula to the lush, green landscape it once was.

Indigenous activists have always been at the frontlines of global issues to preserve the sacredness of Earth and stand for human rights. Here are seven activists to follow from North America, South America, and Australia.

TeamSeas — an initiative from popular YouTubers Mr. Beast and Mark Rober — successfully raised $30 million dollars to take 30 million pounds of trash out of the waters.

Kenya's farmers have built sand dams to hold onto scarce river water — but solar-powered water pumps are making access hugely easier

A simple letter-grading system in the U.K. has led to a significant shift towards ecologically greener foods.

Wildfires often hit low-income, minority families and children the hardest. Talent, Oregon, offers a home-grown housing solution to the displacement that follows.

Clean energy jobs rose to 12 million last year even amid the pandemic but officials say green employment must come with decent conditions and bring in more women.

The Danish port city of Aalborg, where the new recyclable blades are being made, has found an innovative new use for old blades, by turning them into bike shelters for the city’s cyclists.

This is great news for the future of humanity: with this historic decision, this means the UN will be taking climate action more seriously on a global scale.

The tweeting tree’s messages are based on data from a suite of sensors on and around its trunk, using a real-time approach to tree monitoring pioneered by Witness Tree’s inspiration and sister project TreeWatch.net.

Researchers have used 3D printing to build load-bearing concrete structures that require significantly less material and no steel reinforcement or mortar.