Swamp creatures protested the fact that President Trump is in fact, not draining the swamp.
Protesting the appointment of Secretary of the Interior nominee David Bernhardt, activists donned Creature from the Black Lagoon masks during his confir…
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Smashing aluminum cans makes them harder to recycle
It is always a good idea to recycle or encourage others to do the same. But crushing an empty container could be a bad idea. Read more…More about Mashable Video, Environment, Recycling, Recycle, and Environmental Issue
View More Smashing aluminum cans makes them harder to recycleAmazon aims to make half of its shipments carbon neutral by 2030
Perhaps hoping to distract from Greenpeace’s latest report on its “dirty cloud, Amazon this morning announced a new environmental commitment, focused on reducing its carbon footprint. The company says it aims to reach 50 percent of all Amazon shipments with net zero carbon by 2030. The company is calling this program “Shipment Zero.” Details on this […]
View More Amazon aims to make half of its shipments carbon neutral by 2030How the tasty Impossible Burger is just the first step in a mission to combat an environmental crisis — MashTalk
In this special edition of MashTalk, Mashable sits down with the founder of Impossible Foods Dr. Pat Brown to discuss the importance of food technology. Detailing the terribly destructive environmental impact of the meat industry, Brown outlines the c…
View More How the tasty Impossible Burger is just the first step in a mission to combat an environmental crisis — MashTalk5 New Year’s resolutions that can help the environment in 2019
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At the start of January, people typically make resolutions about health, money, and relationships, with the mindset of “new year, new me.” In 2019, they need to add environmental goals to the list.
Last year was one of the hottest years on record, and rising temperatures along with climate-related changes are affecting the Arctic, wildlife, and people across the world. In November, a national report confirmed climate change is hurting Americans’ quality of life, especially in lower-income neighborhoods and in some communities of color.
SEE ALSO: 2018 takes the podium as one of the hottest years on record. Let’s look deeper. Read more…
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A look inside the Taipei 101 New Year’s Eve fireworks show as it goes green
One of the tallest buildings in the world, Taipei 101’s New Year’s Eve fireworks have become an iconic celebration since the first show at the end of 2004. But despite being a major tourism draw, the fireworks haven’t been immune from criticism. Over the past couple of years, as poor air quality becomes an increasingly […]
View More A look inside the Taipei 101 New Year’s Eve fireworks show as it goes greenThe art of the wilderness: Spectacular nature photos of 2018
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Earth is teeming with otherworldly creatures. But they often live in distant lands, far from our cities, roads, and homes.
Photographers and scientists, traveling to rugged, windswept islands and into the dense rainforest, make this life visible — sometimes by using motion-detecting cameras.
The British Ecological Society released the top images of its 2018 photography competition, entitled “Capturing Ecology.” One of the overall winners, bat researcher Adrià López Baucells, employed a motion sensing camera with synchronized flashes to photograph an airborne Amazonian bat sneaking up on a frog in the dark of night. Read more…
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View More The art of the wilderness: Spectacular nature photos of 2018Small acts in your daily life that can have a big impact on the planet
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It’s pretty terrifying to realise that we are “the first generation that knows we are destroying the world, and could be the last that can do anything about it,” as the WWF puts it.
However daunting it is, when it comes to thinking about climate change as a whole, being overwhelmed and shutting down makes zero sense, because individual acts can make a huge difference.
As I once heard – and have never really been able to slip into conversation – one bee is an annoyance, but a swarm is a game changer. Small acts in big amounts are a force to be reckoned with. Read more…
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How a team of innovators overcame the odds to create water from thin air
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Today, 790 million people — 11 percent of the world’s population — live without access to clean water.
Two years ago, XPrize, an international nonprofit organization, announced a global competition enticing innovators to find a sustainable and affordable way to bring potable water to those who aren’t privileged enough to have it now.
Skeptics told the competition organizers that it was impossible.
Nearly 100 submissions later, and XPrize found precisely what they were looking for — entrepreneurs who could design a minimalistic device that could reliably extract 2,000 liters of water from the atmosphere per day for no more than two cents per liter all using 100 percent renewable energy. Read more…
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View More How a team of innovators overcame the odds to create water from thin airAmazon puts $10M in Closed Loop Fund to make recycling easier in more American cities
Amazon announced today that it has invested $10 million in Closed Loop Fund, which finances the creation of recycling infrastructure and services in U.S. cities. In a statement, the e-commerce behemoth claimed that its investment will keep one million tons of recyclable material out of landfills and “eliminate the equivalent of two million metric tons of […]
View More Amazon puts $10M in Closed Loop Fund to make recycling easier in more American citiesSunday’s Fat Bear Week face off pits two fat favorites against each other
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Welcome to Fat Bear Week at Mashable! Each fall, Katmai National Park holds a competition as Alaska’s brown bears finish fattening up for their long winter hibernation. This year, Mashable is getting in on the salmon-munching action. Check back with us all week as we follow the fat bear face-offs each day, and remember to get your votes in for each round. Happy fishing!
Fat bear aficionados, it’s time to meet your final four.
In an upset that won’t soon be forgotten, Bear 32 Chunk took down the most dominant bear at the river this summer, Bear 856. Bear 856’s fat just couldn’t cut it.
In Saturday’s second matchup, Bear 747 — a beloved fat bear by watchers of the river’s drama — also advanced to the final four beating out the smaller, Bear 719. Read more…
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View More Sunday’s Fat Bear Week face off pits two fat favorites against each otherLarge chunk of beach gets eaten up by the ocean in ‘nearshore landslip’ event
A large chunk of an Australian beach has fallen into the ocean, in another incident of its kind in recent years.
On Monday morning, approximately 200 to 300 metres (218 to 328 yards) of beach at south-east Queensland’s Inskip Point eroded into the oc…