Air Pollution Could Be Contributing to Your Slower Marathon Time
Marathon runners consistently finished slower in cities with higher levels of dangerous particles in the air, researchers found.
Environment & Sustainability
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E.P.A. Retreats From Plans to End the Energy Star Program
The agency has faced blowback from business leaders and Republicans over plans to end the popular energy efficiency program.
A Company Eyes What Would Be North Carolina’s First Commercial Natural Gas Well
Deep River Data, with ties to cryptocurrency, says it would use the extracted gas to power a data center for “AI workloads,” not crypto mines. By Lisa Sorg A company with connections to the cryptocurrency industry is considering drilling for…
Texas Grid Increasingly Meets Growing Demand With Renewables
Solar and wind power met nearly 40 percent of Texas’ electricity demand this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration reports. By Arcelia Martin Texas’ independent grid is meeting a large portion of the state’s rising electricity demand through its growing…
Ted Bundy, Serial Killers and Lead Exposure: Exploring the Connection Between Neurotoxins and Violence
Caroline Fraser’s new book “Murderland” connects the dots between the rise of lead in the atmosphere from smelting and gasoline and the prevalence of serial killers during the 1970s. Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner…
Britain’s canals and rivers face lack of funds amid climate pressures, campaigners warn
Many waterways vulnerable to breaches and closures and face mounting maintenance costs, charity says Britain’s network of canals and rivers is under strain from funding shortfalls and growing climate pressures, campaigners warn. Three-quarters of the country’s waterways face financial peril,…
Britain one of least ‘nature-connected’ nations in world – with Nepal the most
Others languishing near bottom of 61-country study include Canada, Germany, Israel, Japan and Spain Britain is one of the least “nature connected” nations in the world, according to the first ever global study of how people relate to the natural…
Hot summer and damp autumn cause UK boom in destructive honey fungus
Huge increase in tree-killing disease is result of climate crisis, experts say A golden mushroom that grows in clusters and can attack and kill trees has increased by 200% in the UK in a year because of the hot summer…
World leaders, remember that future generations will judge you. At Cop30, you can define how | Gordon Brown
Keir Starmer is taking the lead on tackling the climate crisis. With the US backing away, now is the moment when other nations must step up With the once-familiar pillars of the old world order crumbling and the US stepping…
How Britain Got Investors to Line Up for Nuclear Power
Developers have finally broken ground on the project, known as Sizewell C, but getting there meant navigating wary investors and local opposition.