Category:Environment
From The Observatory
Pages in category "Environment"
The following 137 pages are in this category, out of 137 total.
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- 1,3-Dichloropropene: The Dangerous, Sweet-Smelling Pesticide You’ve Never Heard Of
- 7 Ways You Can Address the Plastic Crisis Without Relying on Recycling
- 8 Billion Humans? Population Is a Difficult Conversation, But Let's Have One
- 10 Reasons Why Hydropower Isn’t a Climate Solution
- 600 Million Metric Tons of Plastic May Fill Oceans by 2036
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- A Tale of Two Nations: The North Aral Sea Rebounds While the South Aral Sea Dries Up
- Agrivoltaics: The Farm-to-Solar Trend That Can Help Accelerate the Renewable Energy Transition
- Air Pollution Is Killing Millions and Rising Exponentially—A Shift in Agriculture Can Solve It
- Animal-Free Agriculture Is Key to Restoring Biodiversity
- Afro-Descendant Communities Offer a Living Blueprint for Amazon Conservation
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- Can Humanity Make a Shift to a Less Pollutive Energy System?
- Can We Save the World’s Largest Flowers From the Brink of Extinction?
- Carbon Capture Is a Potential Weapon Against Climate Change
- Carbon Farming: A Sustainable Agriculture Technique That Keeps Soil Healthy and Combats Climate Change
- The Case for Protecting the Tongass National Forest, America’s ‘Last Climate Sanctuary’
- Climate Change Is Worsening Seasonal Allergies by Boosting Plant Pollen Production
- Conservation Innovations: How Sustained Resistance Is Saving One of the Earth’s Most Critical Rainforests From Corporate Greed
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- The Global Push for Population Growth Shows We’re Not Grappling With the Climate Crisis
- The Globalized, Industrialized Food System Is Destroying the World—We Urgently Need to Support Local Food Economies
- Grow Your Own Food—and a Kinder World: How Veganic Farming Can Turn Your Garden Into a Haven for All Life
- The Growing Inequality Among Countries and the Worsening Climate Crisis
- Guide to Becoming an Environmental Leader and Inspiring the Next Generation of Eco-Defenders
- Guide to Climate Action in Your Local Community
- Guide to Preserving Sacred Land Near You
- Guide to Sustainable, Eco-Friendly, Organic and Vegan Wine
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- Have Nonprofits Misled Supporters by Hiding Unsustainable Growth Policies?
- The Hidden Cost of AI: How Energy-Hungry Algorithms Are Fueling the Climate Crisis
- How a 20th-Century Family Planning Agenda Fueled the Climate Crisis
- How Animal Agriculture Drains Our Freshwater Supplies
- How Banks and Investors Are Fueling a Global Biodiversity Crisis
- How Europe Is Depleting U.S. Forests in the Name of Fighting Climate Change
- How Factory Farms Pollute the Environment and Poison Drinking Water
- How Land Use Is a Tool for Solving Climate Change
- How Media Companies Can Meet Their Climate Commitments—and How Readers Can Help
- How Science Fiction Can Inspire Environmentalism and Climate Action
- How the Acequia Ancient Irrigation Method Makes Sustainable Life Possible in the U.S. Southwest
- How the American Legislative Exchange Council Turns Disinformation Into Law
- How the Built Environment Is Damaging Children’s Connection to Nature
- How the Camp Lejeune Justice Act Can Help Veterans Impacted by Toxic Exposure
- How the Constitution Fails to Protect the Environment
- How the World Hides Liability for Climate Deaths
- How to Build a Closer Connection With the Living World Around You
- How to Decolonize Our Battle Against Climate Change
- How to Help Wild Birds During Their Spring and Fall Migrations
- How to Make Recyclable Plastics Out of CO2 to Slow Climate Change
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Climate Change (and Have Fun, Too)
- How Tourism Could Actually Help African Wildlife in One of Kenya’s Important National Reserves
- How U.S. States Can Protect the Environment From Federal Rollbacks and Intervention
- How Unclear Federal Law Allows Logging, Farming, and Mining to Threaten U.S. Ecosystems
- How We Can Protect the Air Despite the Supreme Court’s West Virginia v. EPA Decision
- Human Overpopulation Is a Key Driver Behind Some of Humanity’s Biggest Challenges
- Humanity’s Main Environmental Problem Is Consumption—Climate Change Is a Byproduct
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- Illegitimate Power, Illegitimate Violence: How Nations Are Built on the Backs of Disenfranchised Children
- Imagine You Are a Poor Nation, Trapped by Debt and Strangled by Climate Change—What Are Your Options?
- The Impact of Plastic on Human Health
- Indigenous Land Management Practices Are a Blueprint for Climate-Resilient Agriculture
- The Internet Is a Major Environmental Problem
- Is 100 Percent Renewable Energy Attainable?
- Is Eating Locally and in Season Actually Better for the Environment?
- Is the Food Industry Concealing Possible Destruction of the Tropics From the Public?
- Is Wastewater an Answer for Adapting to Climate Change?
- Indigenous and Environmental Defenders Risk Their Lives as the Last Line Protecting the Planet
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- Malawi’s Farmers Face a Precarious Future From Climate Change-Related Storms
- Medicine Residue Is Everywhere in Our Rivers and Lakes—and Fish Are Behaving Strangely
- Meet Alexander von Humboldt, the First Person to Understand Climate Change—More Than Two Centuries Ago
- Methane: The Forgotten Climate Change Driver That’s Poisoning Frontline Communities
- The Myth That Meat Is Essential for Human Health Could Harm Us All
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- Palm Oil in Common Household Products Is Destroying the World’s ‘Orangutan Capital’
- Palm Oil: The Ingredient Behind Human Rights Abuses and Eco-Destruction That’s Probably in Your Home Right Now
- Plastic Pollution Is a Crime Against People and the Planet
- Populist Climate Action Requires Thinking About Freedom From Specific Oppressors—Not Just Species Survival
- The Potential Impact of Wireless Technology on Wildlife
- Procter & Gamble, Mondelēz and Nestlé Are Among 10 of the Leading Consumer Brands Driving Global Deforestation
- Profit Trumps People and Planet in Brazil’s Eucalyptus Industry
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- Removing Hydropower Dams Can Restore Ecosystems, Build Climate Resilience, and Restore Tribal Lands
- The Renewable Energy Transition Is Failing
- Renewables Are Gaining Traction, but We Need to Be Able to Store the Energy
- Restoring the Wild: How Reintroducing Bison Could Revive Britain’s Landscapes and Ecosystems
- Rethinking Climate Action: A New Guideline for Planetary Health
- Reviving the Serengeti: How Maasai Women’s Dairy Initiatives Protect Wildlife and Communities
- How the Rights of Nature Movement Is Reshaping Law and Culture
- Rivers Are Key to Restoring the World’s Biodiversity
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- Sanitation in Namibia Is a Catastrophe for Its People and Environment
- Saving the Bumblebee Starts With Changing Our Farming Practices
- See the World and Save the Planet: 10 Incredible Places That Desperately Need Eco-Volunteers
- Should Harming Mother Earth Be a Crime? The Case for Ecocide Laws
- Should Humans Try to Modify the Amount of Sunlight the Earth Receives?
- The Southwest Offers Blueprints for the Future of Wastewater Reuse
- The Supreme Court’s Clean Water Act Decision Threatens the Nation’s Rivers
- Sustainability Is Not as New an Idea as You Might Think—It’s More Than 300 Years Old
- The Sustainability Scam: How Self-Interest Ruins Good Ideas
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- Water Conflicts Across Africa Threaten Security, Health, and the Environment
- We Have Entered the Era of ‘Global Boiling’—Marine Wildlife, Ecosystems, and Economies Are Being Devastated
- We Ignore Thousands of Threatened Plant Species at Our Peril
- We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy
- What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like?
- What’s So Green About Burning Trees? The False Promise of Biomass Energy
- Whole Foods, Tyson Foods, and McDonald’s Are Fueling the Massive Dead Zone in the Gulf of Mexico
- Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now
- Why Children’s Rights Are Critical for Climate Policy and Environmental Activism
- Why Healthy Forests Mean Fewer Pandemics
- Why Las Vegas Is at the Heart of Western States’ Water Conundrums
- Why Recycling Plastic Is Not Easy
- Why Small Farming Is Essential for Creating a Sustainable Future
- Why the World’s Most Popular Herbicide Is a Public Health Hazard
- Why Women Are More Likely to Be Environmentalists Than Men
- Wildfires Aren’t Just a Threat to People—They’re Killing Off Earth’s Biodiversity
- Why America Is Removing Thousands of Dams and Letting Rivers Run Free
- Why Women’s Leadership Strengthens Disaster Resilience and Environmental Stewardship
