Browsing the "Global Briefs" Category

Eco Tip

Rethinking Fireworks

May 31st, 2021 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Greener Ways to Celebrate the Fourth Synonymous with American Independence Day, fireworks have been around for thousands of years. Earliest [&hellip

Global Briefs

Offshore Wind Power Gaining Momentum

May 31st, 2021 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

An 800-megawatt project, Vineyard Wind, off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, is awaiting final approval by the Army Corps of [&hellip

Global Briefs

World’s Largest Dam Removal Project Underway

May 31st, 2021 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

An agreement finalized in November 2020 between farmers, tribes and dam owners will result in the deconstruction of four aging, [&hellip

Global Briefs

Lithium Mining for Electric Vehicles Creating Tension

May 31st, 2021 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

The proposed Thacker Pass lithium mine in northern Nevada, the largest in the U.S., has passed a review by the Bureau of [&hellip

Global Briefs

Sunscreens Harm Hawaiian Reefs

May 31st, 2021 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Bill 132, banning sunscreens containing the chemicals avobenzone or octocrylene, has progressed through the Hawaiian House and Senate. If it [&hellip

Global Briefs

Critters React to Warming Temperatures in the Rockies

April 30th, 2021 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A 13-year study at the University of Colorado at Boulder published in the journal Ecology reveals that the popular golden mantled ground squirrel and 46 other [&hellip

Global Briefs

Climate Change Makes Pollen Season Worse for Allergy Sufferers

April 30th, 2021 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

A new study by the University of Utah published in the journal PNAS found that pollen seasons have been getting longer [&hellip

Eco Tip

Eco-Athletes

March 31st, 2021 | by Marlaina Donato

Working Out with the Planet in Mind From human-powered gyms that generate electricity to Earth-friendly activewear, professional and recreational athletes [&hellip

Feature

Climate Change and Our Health

March 31st, 2021 | by Sandra Yeyati

The Human Costs of a Warming Planet Global warming is not just threatening polar bears far away in the Arctic, [&hellip

Global Briefs

Freedom of Information

March 31st, 2021 | by Natural Awakenings Publishing Corp.

Access Expanded for Scientific Papers A two-year, open-access project organized by more than 20 organizations, including Wellcome, in London, the [&hellip