Sustainability & Degrowth

Addressing climate change is a big enough idea to revive the economy.

A federal court on Wednesday delivered a setback to the controversial Keystone XL pipeline project, vacating a permit the government had issued for its construction.  Federal Judge Brian Morris determined that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers wrongly issued the permit, saying the Corps did not comply with environmental requirements.  His decision came in response to…

In January we launched Microsoft’s carbon initiative, setting new goals for our company to become carbon negative by the end of this decade. While COVID-19 has upended daily life for almost all of us since then, sustainability issues have become no less urgent or important. That’s why today we’re announcing the second step in our...

“At this point I will give the benefit of the doubt to the government… but we will be watching very closely,” said Ontario NDP environment critic Ian Arthur.

Humans have grown crops in areas of the Amazon since the end of the last ice age, a study says.

The first will produce enough energy to power thousands of households

Former Waterbeach resident living in Devon still loves 'dreamlike and gritty' Cambridge

Global oil demand fell by one-third in March, as worldwide air travel all but stopped, manufacturing plants went on hiatus and workers around the globe heeded requests -- and often orders -- to stay at home over coronavirus.

Major review reports recovery of marine life but a redoubling of efforts is still needed

Scientists and conservationists are proposing that up to half of Earth’s land and oceans be protected for nature. Is it a necessary step or a pipe dream?

A developing model of infectious disease shows that most epidemics — AIDS, Ebola, West Nile, SARS, Lyme disease — are a result of things people do to nature.

From the sixteenth to the twentieth century, urban farmers grew Mediterranean fruits and vegetables as far north as England and the Netherlands, using only renewable energy.

A new report sees a major disruption in where we get our food.

For the first time in history, activists have cleaned up some of the trash from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—and they will quickly collect much more.

Is the idea of progress only an illusion?

Tree cover has fallen from 35% in the early 20th century to 13% leaving the country with barren rural landscapes so now they plan to plant 4 billion trees!

Humans could burn every living thing on the planet and still not dent its oxygen supply.

Dairy farmers say that regenerative farming has brought back the bees and increased profits.

Maps and images based on satellite data provide clues to how the fires started.

A new study from the World Bank and UN finds we’ll need ways to boost yields faster than ever before to prevent agricultural emissions from soaring.

Researchers have identified exactly where we can plant a certain amount of trees in order to stop the climate crisis in its tracks.

NASA has some good news, the world is a greener place today than it was 20 years ago. What prompted the change? Well, it appears China and India can take the majority of the credit.

Critics of the Green New Deal ask if we can afford it. But we can’t afford not to: our civilisation is at stake

Scientists once ridiculed the idea of a living planet. Not anymore.

From September 2018: Ambitious dreams have now become a reality as the Ocean Cleanup deploys its $20 million system designed to clean up the 1.8 trillion pieces of trash floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

No one is coming to save us. Mass civil disobedience is essential to force a political response, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

The abundant winter weather has also resulted in the state's second wildflower super bloom in just a few short years.

We need to throw the kitchen sink at this with a total rethink of our relationship to ownership, work and capital, says economics writer Phil McDuff

From Alaska to Australia, scientists are turning to the knowledge of traditional people for a deeper understanding of the natural world. What they are learning is helping them discover more about everything from melting Arctic ice, to protecting fish stocks, to controlling wildfires.