The EcoPlum Daily

Study finds rich people produce more CO2 emissions – we need sufficiency, not efficiency.

History has shown us that government funding of visionary projects can have enormous positive outcomes.

This pandemic has given us a glimpse of a climate-induced normal if global leaders don’t act to prevent a future climate crisis now.

Scientists are taking a harder look at using carbon-capturing rocks to counteract climate change, but lots of uncertainties remain.

Spending on renewable power is set to overtake oil and gas drilling for the first time next year as clean energy affords a $16 trillion investment opportunity through 2030, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.

International Energy Agency chief warns of need to prevent post-lockdown surge in emissions

Rhiana Gunn-Wright, an architect of the Green New Deal, underscores the connections between the protests, pandemic, economic downturn and climate crisis.

If you really want to be a part of the change, it’s time to get uncomfortable.

With at least 6,444 schools at high risk of flooding and families retreating to safer ground, educators struggle to serve those who stay.

The ASEEDS Creek Rangers program is teaching kids why climate science is personal and empowering them to change their communities.

Cities around the world have been at a standstill, trying to stop the spread of COVID-19. But with lockdown measures gradually lifting, places like Brussels are trying a new climate-friendly approach to mobility.

The coronavirus reveals in stark terms the limits of our personal choices to affect climate change.

What felt impossible has become thinkable. The spring of 2020 is suggestive of how much, and how quickly, we can change as a civilization.

The A380 and Dreamliner were large luxury liners built for an era of mass travel. COVID-19 has put an end to that.

House Democrats on Tuesday will issue an ambitious plan to combat climate change, a move intended to reassure their base of supporters but that’s sure to inflame opponents on the right.

This is a special joint edition of Popular Information and HEATED, a climate newsletter by journalist Emily Atkin. HEATED is a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of the planet earth. Sign up HERE. Facebook is "aiding and abetting the spread of climate misinformation,” said Robert Brulle, an environmental sociologist at Drexel University. “They have become the vehicle for climate misinformation, and thus should be held partially responsible for a lack of action on climate change.”

Amazon.com, criticized for its own environmental record, is launching a $2 billion internal venture-capital fund focused on technology investments to reduce the impact of climate change.

Plastic has to be one of the least environmentally-friendly materials around. This is because they take forever before they can be broke

Scientific American is the essential guide to the most awe-inspiring advances in science and technology, explaining how they change our understanding of the world and shape our lives.

The inertia required to keep grids stable — in the past supplied by conventional power plant turbines — is falling as lower electricity demand increases how muc

Industrial designer Mark Sanders shows us his new improved design.

A new platform aims for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 while benefiting unions and fossil fuel workers.

The quiet we hear and see in our cities compels us to wonder: would the environment be better off if across the world if working remotely became the norm?

The coronavirus has pushed the coal industry to once-unthinkable lows, and the consequences for climate change are big.

The country's ambitious reforestation project has received a surprise influx of laborers, thanks to coronavirus.