Nanomaterials in Consumer Products: Miracle or Menace?

Nanomaterials sound like science fiction. These materials can make microchips 100 times smaller while running… The post Nanomaterials in Consumer […]

July 4th Fireworks Fill the Sky with Lights—and Pollutants

In 2023, Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks show exploded 60,000 shells above the East River in Manhattan. It was the […]

Plan Ahead for Extreme Air Conditions

Across the United States, people are already used to thinking of wildfires as seasonal rather… The post Plan Ahead for […]

Good, Better, Best: Cutting Carbon From Home Appliances

This is the fourth in a series of five articles that help you find ways… The post Good, Better, Best: […]

Best of Earth911 Podcast: Building A Better Recycling Infrastructure With ISRI’s Robin Wiener

Robin Wiener, president of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), joins the conversation to… The post Best of Earth911 […]

Earth911 Podcast: Terviva’s Marc Diaz Introduces the Pongomia, a Tree for the Climate Crisis

As climate change accelerates and traditional crops face mounting pressures from drought, extreme weather, and… The post Earth911 Podcast: Terviva’s […]

Understanding Scope 3 Emissions

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol sets the standard for greenhouse gas accounting. It divides the Scope… The post Understanding Scope 3 […]

How To Identify Hard-To-Recycle Composite Packaging

Many of the products we buy come packaged in a blend of materials. Composites of… The post How To Identify […]

Reversing Moisture Loss: Let the Ground Keep Falling Rainwater

A recent article in Science, based on multiple indirect data sources and models, estimates that… The post Reversing Moisture Loss: […]

Best of Earth911 Podcast: Oceanographer John Englander’s 2024 Sea Level Rise Update

Sustainability In Your Ear welcomes back oceanographer and author John Englander, who last visited with… The post Best of Earth911 […]