The EcoPlum Daily

Horizon Organic is pushing the envelope for the dairy industry with its goal to become carbon positive in just five years — by 2025.

New research looks at how it could get done.

Bristol's airport expansion gets cancelled in a shocking act of doing something meaningful to go carbon neutral.

Electricity from sunlight costs less to generate in India than from coal, a sign the clean-energy source will play a big role as developing nations build out their power grids. A driving force: China’s plunging solar-panel prices.

Real hope for the future of the climate can’t come from admiring the inspirational deeds of others – it has to be earned, writes Diego Arguedas Ortiz.

Global body says 2019 must be 'peak not a pause' and warns trend is in wrong direction in large parts of Asia

This Dutch startup has a new approach to food waste: It takes apple and pear leftovers and turns them into a sugar substitute.

Long a sustainability leader, Clif Bar & Company recently announced that all of its packaging will be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2025.

Solar panels generate electricity by taking in light, but what if you could generate electricity by putting out light?

European fashion retailer C&A launched the world’s first denim fabric to achieve the highest level of Cradle to Cradle product sustainability certification—and it plans to open-source the methods it used.

The San Francisco 49ers take on the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday. While you count down the hours before kickoff, take a few minutes to catch up on all things sustainability at Super Bowl LIV.

Reforestation is critical for lots of reasons, but it’s no substitute for cutting emissions.

Plastic bricks made from plastic trash are building new schools in the Ivory Coast.

“All of this is our version of what a Green New Deal looks like in operation.”

For the last four years, avoiding 1.5 degrees of warming has been at the top of the climate agenda. But the goal is already out of reach. Where do we go next?

Humans are responsible for 25% to 40% more of the total share of methane emissions than previously estimated, according to a new study in Nature.The methane problem: Methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases: about 28 times more effective than carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere, it’s responsible for about a quarter of global warming.

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced Monday he would donate $10 billion to combat climate change, marking one of the largest individual philanthropic commitments ever to the crucial environmental challenge.The details: "This global initiative will fund scientists, activists, NGOs – any effort that offers a real possibility to help preserve and protect the natural world," Bezos, the world's richest person, said in an Instagram post unveiling the Bezos Earth Fund.It appears he will donate the money to researchers and advocacy groups, rather than investing it into startups and other for-profit ventures tackling climate change, Axios reported.

From supporting farmers to citizen science, communities are working to protect these vital pollinators.

Two congressional Democrats are planning to roll out legislation that would fight plastic pollution by banning certain types of single-use containers and requiring manufacturers to use more recycled content in

The outdoor recreation product company is expanding its Renewed recommerce program.

This new line is part of a broader push by American Eagle to become more sustainable.

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, however, noted that awareness of the risks is growing and in "some good news", announcements of climate action by governments and the private sector are gathering steam. He was responding to a question on which countries and governments are responsible for the failure to improve the climate change situation.

Advances in science are making green energy cheaper, which could make it more efficient and mainstream.

Move follows efforts to reduce carbon footprint and increase reporting on climate crisis

Builders will be forced to take climate change, including rising sea levels, into account to win government approval for projects.