Rebecca Solnit I know progressives are supposed to be technophobes, but there is one technology we probably love more than anyone else (except the engineers who created it): renewable energy.…
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the next Ice Age. Like much of Europe, Iceland witnessed its hottest…
John Elkington In 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by destroying Afghanistan’s Buddhas of Bamiyan. Those statues were around 1,400 years old—so who knows what fate ultimately awaits the Great…
Martina Igni / Earth.Org From mass firings and climate research funding cuts to the rollback of environmental protections and a retreat from international pledges, Earth.Org examines some of US President…
Sophie Allain More than half of the potential host cities Winter Games will be “climate-unreliable” by the 2080s! That’s the verdict of a rigorous 2024 scientific study funded by the…
Europe’s clean energy transition is a central pillar of three complementary EU policy frameworks: the Energy Union, the European Green Deal, and REPowerEU, which collectively provide governance, set ambition, and…
A new report from the United Nations University (UNU) warns that decades of deforestation, pollution, soil degradation, water overallocation, and chronic groundwater depletion – compounded by global heating – have…
The renewable energy revolution is a feat of technology
Rebecca Solnit I know progressives are supposed to be technophobes, but there is one technology we probably love more than anyone else (except the engineers who created it): renewable energy.…
EARTH.ORG / 16 Biggest environmental problems of 2026 – 3
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
EARTH.ORG / 16 Biggest environmental problems of 2026 – 2
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
EARTH.ORG / 16 Biggest environmental problems of 2026-1
Deena Robinson & Martina Igini / Global Commons The world is grappling with a host of pressing environmental challenges that demand immediate attention and action. From climate change-induced disasters, biodiversity…
Iceland saw record temperatures last year
Scientists have expressed growing concern over a major Atlantic current that could collapse and send northern Europe into the next Ice Age. Like much of Europe, Iceland witnessed its hottest…
The Sphinx as a symbol of sustainability
John Elkington In 2001, the Taliban shocked the world by destroying Afghanistan’s Buddhas of Bamiyan. Those statues were around 1,400 years old—so who knows what fate ultimately awaits the Great…
One year of Trump: How the US reversed climate progress
Martina Igni / Earth.Org From mass firings and climate research funding cuts to the rollback of environmental protections and a retreat from international pledges, Earth.Org examines some of US President…
The climate crisis and the future of the Winter Olympics
Sophie Allain More than half of the potential host cities Winter Games will be “climate-unreliable” by the 2080s! That’s the verdict of a rigorous 2024 scientific study funded by the…
Clean energy transition in Europe: Four key challenges
Europe’s clean energy transition is a central pillar of three complementary EU policy frameworks: the Energy Union, the European Green Deal, and REPowerEU, which collectively provide governance, set ambition, and…
The world has entered an era of “global water bankruptcy”, UN warns
A new report from the United Nations University (UNU) warns that decades of deforestation, pollution, soil degradation, water overallocation, and chronic groundwater depletion – compounded by global heating – have…