ENVIRONMENT

Sponsored

Bringing Tires Full Circle: How Traceability Enhances Recovery and Sustainability

Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Recycled Tires Make Roads Quieter, Greener and Longer Lasting

Rubber-modified asphalt made with tires is shown to reduce traffic noise, improve vehicle fuel economy, and create fewer lifecycle emissions compared to conventional asphalt. It also provides a viable end market for the billion tires discarded annually around the world.

Andrew Kaminsky

November 5

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Evidence-Based Nutrition Guidance Supports Informed Consumer Choices

Fact or Fad? Parsing Food Trends From Real Nutrition Science to Support Health

As the Guiding Stars nutrition guidance program celebrates 20 years, we’re taking a look back down memory lane at the food fads that flared up and fizzled out and the ways science-backed nutrition guidance has advanced based on real evidence.

3p Editors

October 27

Nature

Undermining Progress: Human Rights and the Low-Carbon Transition

Can Good Samaritans Fix America’s $60 Billion Abandoned Mine Problem?

Organizations across the U.S. want to clean up abandoned mines, but federal laws could hold them liable for centuries-old pollution if they try. The new Good Samaritan Act shields them from legacy abandoned mine liability issues, but will it be enough?

Andrew Kaminsky

October 22

Food + Farming

Brands Taking Stands

Farmers Say U.S. Immigration Policies Are Making Food More Expensive

Federal immigration agents began targeting agricultural communities in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas last month, leading livestock organizations to issue a joint public statement in protest. The farming and ranching advocates warned the violent arrests and deportations of working people will raise the price of beef and other staples.

Tina Casey

October 9

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Bringing Tires Full Circle: How Traceability Enhances Recovery and Sustainability

From Highway to Hockey Rink: How Tires Are Recycled Into New Products

Scientists have yet to figure out how to recycle old tires into new ones at scale, but they can still find valuable second lives in new rubber products. We took a peek behind the tire recycling curtain to find out what really happens to tires when they retire and where they go next.

Andrew Kaminsky

September 16

Sponsored

Evidence-Based Nutrition Guidance Supports Informed Consumer Choices

Take the Guesswork Out of Back-to-School Food Shopping

With so much information in the news and online about nutrition, it’s easy for caregivers to feel confused and overwhelmed about making the best choices for their kids. Fortunately, clear, evidence-based resources like the Guiding Stars nutrition guidance program are available to help.

Megan Amrich

August 17

Energy

Will Balcony Solar Ever Take Off in the United States?

Balcony solar systems help people reduce their utility bills, with solar power feeding directly into a standard wall outlet to replace energy from the grid. The balcony solar movement in the U.S. is growing, but not all states are on board (yet).

Tina Casey

August 10

Food + Farming

Brands Taking Stands

Planned USDA Restructuring Will Hurt Farmers Already at the Brink, Advocates Say

Amid heavy criticism, the USDA plans to go ahead with a massive reorganization and forced relocation of nearly 3,000 workers. Advocates say it couldn’t come at a worse time, as a Super El Niño threatens a return to the Dust Bowl and a parasite eradicated 60 years ago reemerges on U.S. livestock farms.

Tina Casey

August 7

Energy

The Alaska Native Villages Where Rivers Provide Power

In one Alaskan village, turbines have harnessed electricity from the river since 2019. This summer, a second village is testing its own turbine in an attempt to reach 100 percent renewable power.

Elyse Hauser

August 6

Energy

Nigerian Farmers Cut Fuel Costs and Boost Yields with Solar-Powered Irrigation

Nigerian farmers are facing all-time high fuel prices, hindering their ability to grow in the dry season. Some are looking to solar-powered irrigation systems as a more affordable way to boost their yields.

Abdulaziz Bagwai & Abdullahi Jimoh

August 4

Nature

In Photos: On the Road with a Montana Range Rider Who Tracks Predators on Horseback

Range riders are reemerging in the western U.S. in response to the slow but sure resurgence of apex predators. As the animals return to their former territories, now also home to people, new tensions are emerging.

3p Editors & Emily Senkosky

July 14

Nature

As Human-Wildlife Conflict Rises, Zimbabwean Communities Find New Ways to Coexist

Rebounding populations of lions and elephants are venturing out of protected parklands and closer to nearby communities. With human-wildlife conflict on the rise, a grassroots organization is empowering communities with non-lethal solutions.

Farai Shawn Matiashe

July 14

Nature

Brands Taking Stands

It’s Not Just Election Suppression: New Rules Aim to Cut the Public Voice from Public Policy

While not as attention-grabbing as the yearly election cycle, the comment period on new federal projects is a critical way the public can influence policy under the American form of government.

Tina Casey

July 2

Food + Farming

Rooted in Nature: How Three CPG Companies Are Scaling Regenerative Practices

Given the climate-fighting power of regenerative agriculture, a growing segment of farmers, land managers, and consumer goods companies are working to integrate more of these practices into the way they grow the world’s food and forest-based products.

Amy Brown

June 30

Nature

The Return of the Range Rider

The rapid development of once-wild spaces spurs growing pains for people and animals across the globe. Montana’s Blackfoot Valley became a testbed for coexistence as grizzlies and wolves returned to their former territory among the ranchland.

Emily Senkosky

June 29

Nature

The 50-Year-Old Conservation Law With a 99% Success Rate

The Endangered Species Act was signed over 50 years ago, and almost all of the thousands of plants and animals it has protected still exist today. Though the legislation is widely considered a remarkable victory for conservation, it's become controversial on Capitol Hill.

Taylor Haelterman

June 29

Nature

A ‘Reforestation Pipeline’ in New Mexico Trains Seedlings to Survive in Burn Scars

Increasing heat and drought are killing young pines planted on ground scorched by wildfires. Can seeds from the toughest trees grown in boot camp nurseries better endure?

Tina Deines, Inside Climate News

June 16

Energy

Brands Taking Stands

America’s Re-Industrialization Hits a Speed Bump

Planning for the United States' first new aluminum plant in almost 50 years is underway in Oklahoma, but local opposition is mounting.

Tina Casey

June 11

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The Future We Want: Pioneering Solutions for Global Impact

Corporate Foundation Funds Nature-Based Climate Solutions, from Minnesota Peatlands to the Czech Countryside

The Everpure Foundation is focused on nature-based solutions as a way to invest in both climate mitigation and community resilience.

Gary E. Frank

June 4

Food + Farming

In Southern Colorado Water Is Precious. That’s Why Farmers Are Growing Rye

Rye is having something of a renaissance in the San Luis Valley, thanks to its remarkable drought-tolerance, and two women behind the Rye Resurgence Project.

Ilana Newman

May 29

Nature

The Bhutanese Football Club Fighting to Save a Critically Endangered Bird from Extinction

Every time a player on Bhutan's Thimphu City Football Club scores a goal this season, they're racking up funding for white-bellied heron conservation efforts.

George Timms

May 26

Energy

Brands Taking Stands

Coal Power in the 21st Century: Make America Gasp Again

The Trump administration continues to prop up the U.S. coal industry, relaxing emissions and discharge rules at power plants even as environmental organizations, state agencies and utilities push back in court.

Tina Casey

May 21

Nature

Paris Has Successfully Cut Noise Pollution, but Urban Birds Still Can’t Sing At Their Natural Pitch

Even in quieter cities, noise pollution forces birds to sing at higher pitches, diminishing their ability to defend territory and attract mates. Researchers say further noise-reduction efforts are vital for natural communication.

Dan Mennill

May 15

Nature

Brands Taking Stands

The Public Lands Transfer Battle Takes On a New Form in Forest Service Reorganization

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's new overhaul of the Forest Service would increase the lumber industry's access to public lands. Outdoor recreation businesses are allying with recreationists and conservationists to push back.

Tina Casey

April 30

Nature

Why Millions of Adorable Bees Are Emerging from This Cemetery

A growing body of evidence shows that cemeteries host much more life — including insects, birds, mammals and rare plants — than death.

Matt Simon

April 24

Nature

On the Front Lines of Climate Change and Conflict, Educating Young People is a Form of Resistance and a Means of Survival

The Green Panthers visit schools across Nigeria to reveal the far-reaching impacts of human destruction. They hope to inspire the country's youth to do things differently.

Abdullahi Jimoh

April 20

Nature

Five Years Into a Fishing Ban, the Yangtze River Is Teeming With Life

A doubling of fish biomass along Asia’s longest river shows hope for large-scale conservation efforts and a lifeline for the endangered finless porpoise.

Johnny Sturgeon, Inside Climate News

April 3

Nature

How Montana Tribes Are Using Sovereignty to Restore Their Waterways

‘We live at the backbone of the world, where the water begins.’

Emily Senkosky

March 23

Food + Farming

Urchins Are Ravaging Pacific Kelp Forests. Will Seafood Ranches Stop Their Path of Destruction?

Urchins are overwhelming Pacific coastlines, where they devour kelp and destabilize ecosystems. Aquaculture "ranches" are collecting them for human consumption to mitigate the damage.

Elyse Hauser

March 9

Nature

AI Helps Protect Orcas from Noisy Ships in Washington’s Puget Sound

Endangered orcas are struggling to survive in the Puget Sound. Among other threats, noise from ships in the busy corridor can drown out the orcas’ communication and disrupt their use of echolocation to hunt. A new thermal imaging camera uses AI to spot whales and alert passing ships when they’re nearby.

Elyse Hauser

March 6

Energy

Brands Taking Stands

Beyond Oil: How Trump’s War on Iran Will Impact Power Prices

Along with the grave human toll of the U.S. and Israel's military strikes in the Middle East, people around the world are already feeling the effects on their cost of living.

Tina Casey

March 4

Food + Farming

Memphis Schools’ Fight Against Food Waste is a Fight Against Hunger, Too

Clean Memphis is running a suite of school programs dedicated to keeping edible food out of landfills and teaching students how food systems work. Organizers already see evidence that it’s cutting waste and increasing food access.

Mary Riddle

March 2

Energy

What’s the Deal With Floating Solar in the U.S.?

All else being equal, floating solar has several advantages over land-based arrays, but site selection can become complicated in terms of wildlife conservation.

Tina Casey

February 23

Food + Farming

This Oregon Winery Wants to Make Refillable Bottles the Norm

The familiar glass bottle has dominated wine packaging for years, with little change and a hefty carbon footprint. Two Oregon companies are switching things up by going reusable.

Ruscena Wiederholt

February 20

Energy

Power Isn’t Enough: Why Electricity Alone Won’t Deliver Africa’s Energy Promise

More communities in Africa are connected to the grid than ever before, but access alone is not delivering the economic gains many hoped for. Affordable appliances may be the missing piece.

Emmanuel Aziebor

February 16

Food + Farming

How a Brazilian Food Rescue Network Feeds Millions Every Month

Sesc Mesa's impact is felt across the country, feeding 2.3 million people and keeping thousands of tons of food out of landfills monthly.

Nicole Froio

February 9

Technology

E-waste is Illegally Flowing to Asia, Even as Certifiers Try to Close the Loopholes

E-waste recycling is meant to keep old electronics out of landfills and ensure they’re handled responsibly, but gaps in oversight mean American waste is still shipped to landfills in Southeast Asia. The leading certification bodies are weighing in on what needs to change.

Andrew Kaminsky

February 6

Nature

The Long View: 20 Years of Sustainability in Motion

Growing Greenery: The Rise of Urban Green Space

Green space provides abundant advantages to urbanites, from cutting air pollution and managing heat islands to increasing physical activity. Planners in major cities like London, Singapore and Berlin are capitalizing on these benefits to improve quality of life for residents.

Ruscena Wiederholt

February 2

Food + Farming

From Salon to Soil: The Surprising Second Life of Hair Waste

Most of us don't think twice about where our trimmed hair ends up after the salon. These companies are bringing it to the farm.

Ruscena Wiederholt

January 23

Technology

At CES 2026, Limited Sustainability Presence Is Actually Its Biggest Win

Sustainability is no longer being treated as a standalone category. It’s woven into how products, systems and infrastructure are designed from the start.



Noam Freshman

January 20

Nature

Where Wine Meets Wildlife: Why Brassfield Estate Lets Animals Roam the Vineyard

The winery only uses a tenth of its 5,000 acres to grow grapes. The rest is left for the bears, deer and other California critters to enjoy.

Ruscena Wiederholt

January 16

Food + Farming

Brands Taking Stands

Can Worms Help Fight Antimicrobial Resistance?

Beyond improving soil health, new research indicates vermicomposting can be helpful for stopping the spread of antimicrobial resistance from farms to people.

Tina Casey

January 14

Technology

Armored Air: Using Bubbles to Keep Plastic Pollution From Reaching the Sea

Can a curtain of bubbles really stop plastic pollution on its route to the oceans? The Great Bubble Barrier says yes.

Ruscena Wiederholt

January 12

Nature

Cascades Frogs Vanished From Lassen Volcanic National Park in 2007. Now, They’re Back.

With careful site selection and antifungal baths, scientists are staging a frog comeback in the park.

Anton Sorokin, High Country News

January 9

Technology

This Startup Retrofits Buildings Using As Few New Materials As Possible

GeoStruxer takes a different approach to retrofitting than the average engineering firm, giving structures a second life while avoiding excess materials and carbon emissions.

Phil Covington

January 8

Technology

Brands Taking Stands

Signs Point to a Bright Future for U.S. Green Steel in 2026

Some fear the resurgence of the U.S. steel industry could mean an uptick in emissions, but recent investor activity indicates the green steel sector could change that.

Tina Casey

January 7

Nature

The ‘Stork Sisters’ Saving a Species on the Brink

A young student set out to protect an endangered local bird. Two decades later, Dr. Purnima Devi Barman has built a 20,000-strong army of women conservationists.

Geetanjali Krishna

January 2

Food + Farming

A Refugee-Led Cooperative Supported Thousands of Syrians in Greece. Now, They’re Bringing Organic Farming Home.

With the civil war over, an organic farming cooperative that supported more than 13,000 Syrian refugees in Greece has returned to help rural communities rebuild.

Mawada Bahah

December 30, 2025

Technology

The Fragile System Taking Shape to Manage Nigeria’s E-Waste Crisis

As local recyclers share safer ways to manage e-waste, Nigeria is testing whether producer responsibility regulations can reduce pollution from discarded electronics.

Abdullahi Jimoh

December 29, 2025

Food + Farming

Loaf and Lager: The Climate Potential of Brewing With Bread

U.K.-based Toast Brewing brings a whole new meaning to liquid bread, incorporating surplus bread from bakeries and sandwich makers into every one of its beers.

Ruscena Wiederholt

December 12, 2025

Food + Farming

Brands Taking Stands

How The Solar Grazing Movement Can Support Sustainable Materials

Solar grazing offers a new revenue stream for farmers, with the potential to reinvigorate the long-dormant U.S. sheep farming market and create a sustainable materials boom.

Tina Casey

December 10, 2025

Nature

In Mexico, Scientists, Neighbors and Nuns Come Together to Save the Last Achoque Salamanders

Mexican conservationists, Dominican nuns, and scientists from the U.K.-based nonprofit Chester Zoo are working to save the critically-endangered achoque salamander, a natural wonder that’s notoriously difficult to track.

Elham Shirin

December 8, 2025

Sponsored

Changing the Game: The Sports and Entertainment Sector Embraces the SDGs

Shows At These Major U.K. Music Venues Are Now Powered By Renewable Energy

All of AEG Europe's entertainment venues in the United Kingdom are now powered by renewable energy thanks to a new partnership.

Gary E. Frank

December 4, 2025

Technology

The Startups Producing Drinkable Water from Air

Atmospheric water generation is inching from sci-fi to reality in communities that lack access to potable water.

Jennifer Cole

December 1, 2025

Technology

Countless Everyday Products Include Fossil Fuels. A New Generation of Chemicals Could Change That

Fossil fuels are probably in some of the products you use every day. Plant-based chemicals are growing in popularity as a replacement, and the shift is largely invisible to consumers.

Gary E. Frank

November 26, 2025

Nature

The Century-Old Sailing Ship That Became a Research Vessel

Outfitted with modern scientific equipment, the historic Statsraad Lehmkuhl proves ocean science isn’t just for formal research cruises.

Elyse Hauser

November 25, 2025

Food + Farming

From Tank to Table: Lab-Grown Seafood Might Be Coming to a Menu Near You

Seafood company Wildtype just launched a sushi-grade salmon that's grown from salmon cells in a renovated microbrewery in San Francisco. It's already available in four U.S. states.

Ruscena Wiederholt

November 21, 2025

Technology

Cement Has a Serious Emissions Problem. This Startup is Solving It

Cement production emits roughly the same amount of carbon dioxide as all of the cars in the world combined. Massachusetts startup Sublime Systems found a way to make it without its largest source of emissions.

Tina Casey

November 20, 2025

Energy

Brands Taking Stands

When U.S. States Speak on Climate Action, Companies Listen

The United States was noticeably absent from the U.N. climate talks in Brazil this month, but the more than 100 state and city leaders in attendance continue to invest in climate action — and they have major sway with U.S. companies.

Tina Casey

November 19, 2025

Food + Farming

The Youth-Led Container Garden Movement Tackling Child Hunger in Uganda

The Kanyanya Youth Urban Oasis initiative provides nutrient-dense food to schools in need by bringing the farm to them.

Nanfuka Fatuma

November 18, 2025

Food + Farming

Reusable Takeout Containers Are Taking Over College Campuses, With a 99% Return Rate

The University of Pittsburgh joined a growing list of U.S. colleges using a stainless steel takeout container system that runs like a library, managing checkouts and returns with QR codes and smartphones.

Amy Brown

November 17, 2025

Technology

The Long View: 20 Years of Sustainability in Motion

The Death (and Life) of the Electric Car

From near death in the early aughts to more than 10 percent of new U.S. vehicle sales this year, electric vehicles traveled a winding road to the mainstream U.S. market.

Tina Casey

November 14, 2025

Food + Farming

Hooked on Sustainability: This Bangladesh Project Aims to Make Aquaculture Better for Farmers and the Planet

As aquaculture grows at a rapid pace, farmers in Bangladesh are testing whether growing multiple species together can make it more sustainable and economically viable.

Ruscena Wiederholt

November 13, 2025

Technology

Brands Taking Stands

With Global Emissions Rules Held Off, What’s Next for the Shipping Industry?

Voting on the first international emissions standard for the shipping industry was pushed back another year, but innovators are still scaling new ways to reduce climate impacts from shipping.

Tina Casey

November 12, 2025

Nature

A Shot At Survival: New Vaccine Brings Hope to Elephants Battling Deadly Disease

Elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus, or EEHV, is a leading cause of death for young Asian elephants. Conservationists just developed a vaccine that could give the endangered species a fighting chance.

Ruscena Wiederholt

November 11, 2025

Sponsored

Bringing Tires Full Circle: How Traceability Enhances Recovery and Sustainability

Where Do My Old Tires Go? eTracks Has the Answer

Jurisdictions around the world have put laws on the books to incentivize tire recovery and recycling. But to enforce those rules, they need visibility into where tires come from and where they go. That's where the eSustainable Recovery Platform comes in.

Andrew Kaminsky

November 10, 2025

Technology

Undermining Progress: Human Rights and the Low-Carbon Transition

The Blockchain Solution for the World’s Most Problematic Minerals

Minerals pass through countless hands before reaching manufacturers, making it nearly impossible to trace the ethics of their origins. In Rwanda, one tin smelter turned to blockchain to bring transparency and trust to its supply chain.

Andrew Kaminsky

November 7, 2025

Nature

The Long View: 20 Years of Sustainability in Motion

Back from the Brink: Two Decades of Species Revival

Experts say we're in the middle of the sixth "mass extinction," with tens of thousands of animal species at risk of being wiped out, but it's not too late to do something. History shows us that when communities put concerted effort behind conservation, species can and do recover.

Ruscena Wiederholt

November 6, 2025

Nature

The Long View: 20 Years of Sustainability in Motion

From 2005 to the Decade of Ecosystem Restoration: Will We Reconnect with Nature?

Even as the average person becomes more disconnected from nature, conservation efforts that kicked off in the 2000s are successfully bringing ecosystems back from collapse.

Taylor Haelterman

November 6, 2025

Energy

The Long View: 20 Years of Sustainability in Motion

The Solar Revolution Has Only Just Begun

From $1,500 a watt to cheaper than fossil fuels, solar energy has come a long way — and innovators are just getting started.

Tina Casey

November 5, 2025

Nature

What Happens When Communities Turn to Nature to Fight the Effects of Drought?

As communities brace for a future with more severe droughts, they’re jumpstarting nature’s water-storing abilities to stretch the water supply from spotty rains.

Riya Anne Polcastro

November 4, 2025

Food + Farming

A New ‘Red Meat’ From the Sea Could Be Coming to Menus Near You

A Scandinavian startup is making a ground beef alternative from marine invertebrates. Scientists say it shows sustainability promise, but getting people to try it might be the hardest part.

Elyse Hauser

November 3, 2025