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February 12, 2018

Queen Elizabeth has declared war - on plastic

Queen Elizabeth II has declared war — on plastic — with a new waste plan put into place across the royal estates.

January 29, 2018

Cities are turning to beet juice and beer to address the dangers of road salt

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Experts who fear road salt is starting to take a toll on the nation's waterways are turning to beet juice, molasses, and even beer or cheese waste to make them safer.

November 29, 2017

Scientists call for global glitter ban to save environment

Scientists have called on the globe to ban glitter due to the damage it does to the environment.

September 27, 2017

The plastic we've made weighs as much as 1 billion elephants

A new study puts a number on the amount of plastic the planet has manufactured in the roughly 65 years we've been cranking it out: 9 billion tons.

June 26, 2017

Great Barrier Reef's eye-popping $42B value makes it critical, report says

A new report finds the Great Barrier Reef is too "critical" to fail—which is a problem since it's already failing.

May 26, 2017

Electric taxis eyed to battle pollution in Mexico City

The environmentally friendly car will eventually replace part of Mexico City's more than 130,000 registered cabs.

April 17, 2017

New database gives tree scientists an important first

Tree lovers, take note: A new database called GlobalTreeSearch has for the first time provided a tally of all the world's tree species.

January 11, 2017

Shellfish science: Experts eye making green bags from shrimp shells

Researchers in England are working on a fishy idea that just might help the environment in Egypt.

November 30, 2016

Great Barrier Reef lost 22 percent of its coral this year

This year saw the worst mass die-off of coral ever recorded at the Great Barrier Reef, with the "most-pristine" parts of the reef being hit the hardest, the Guardian reports.

November 21, 2016

'Farm to table' movement embracing booze

The process is sometimes referred to as "grain to glass" — the beer-and-whiskey version of the foodie slogan "farm to table."