Tide asks that consumers stop using warm water to wash their clothes to help the Earth beat climate change. According to CNN, Tide has launched a new campaign with a mission to decarbonize laundry. As a part of this mission, the popular laundry detergent company urges buyers in North America …
Read More »Scientists Want To Create Lunar Noah’s Ark On The Moon
Scientists are looking to send frozen seed, spore, sperm, and egg samples to the moon to create a lunar Noah’s Ark. Instead of two of every animal, University of Arizona researcher Jekan Thanga and a group of his students want to send the samples from about 6.7 million Earth species …
Read More »Volvo Will Stop Selling Cars That Run On Fossil Fuel By 2030
By 2030, Volvo plans to stop selling cars that run on fossil fuels. The company wants to only sell electric vehicles that can only be purchased online. “There is no long-term future for cars with an internal combustion engine,” Henrick Green, Volvo Chief Technology Officer, said. The carmaker wants electric …
Read More »The United States Formally Removes Itself From the Paris Climate Agreement
The United States is formally pulling out of the Paris climate agreement just three years after Donald Trump announced that he had plans to do so. Trump said the multinational agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change would be an economic disaster, costing as many as 2.7 …
Read More »Climate Crisis Believed To Be The Cause Of Thousands Of Birds Falling Out Of The Sky
The unexplainable death of thousands of migrating birds in the Southwest region of America is believed by Ornithologists to be related to the current climate crisis. Among the species involved in this national tragedy include flycatchers, swallows, and warblers. The “mass die-off” is occurring across New Mexico, Colorado, Texas, Arizona, …
Read More »Joe Biden Reveals $2 Trillion Plan to Tackle Climate Change
Joe Biden announced his plans to combat climate change on Tuesday, revealing he wants to spend $2 trillion over four years, increasing clean energy in the transportation, electricity, and building industries. The plan outlines how he would also simultaneously create jobs as well as address racism. During his speech in …
Read More »Amazon CEO & Billionaire Jeff Bezos Pledges $10 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced via Instagram that he would be pledging a staggering $10 billion to fight climate change through a new fund he is calling the Bezos Earth Fund. In an Instagram post, Bezos explained that the funds will be used to assist in “any effort that offers …
Read More »Teenage Global Climate Activist, Greta Thunberg, Is Getting Her Own BBC Docu-Series
Greta Thunberg, the 17-year-old environmental activist, is coming to your television screens. BBC Studios has announced that it is debuting a TV series following the life and global climate campaigning of the teen as she enters into adulthood. BBC Studios’ science unit will produce the show. Executive producer Rob Liddell …
Read More »Greta Thunberg Gets Emotional During Speech With World Leaders On Climate Change: “How Dare You”
Greta Thunberg is her name, and climate change is her game. The 16-year-old challenged world leaders in an emotional speech at the United Nations climate summit on Monday, demanding that more be done about the urgent issue. The Swedish climate activist wanted answers on why the world’s leaders are not …
Read More »Jeff Bezos Claims Amazon Will Swiftly Combat Climate Change
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos announced today that the company is pledging to meet the emission reduced goals of the Paris Accords 10 years ahead of schedule. The retail giant vowed to meet the goal, measure and report emissions on a regular basis, implement de-carbonization strategies, and offset remaining emissions with …
Read More »New Study Says Climate Change Is Triggering Frequent Heat Waves, Droughts And Crop Yield Decline
A new report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change details how we are already feeling the negative effects of global warming on land, which include record-breaking heat waves, droughts, desertification, and declining crop yields. The panel’s newly released Special Climate Change and Land Report indicates if global …
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