Tag: Air
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Top 10 Funniest Environmental Videos
EARTHSHARE — There’s no denying it, keeping up with environmental news can be a depressing task. Animal extinction, deforestation, climate change—these challenges are so daunting it’s no wonder many people tune out. We could all benefit from a more lighthearted outlook, even when dealing with …
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Youth Explorers Reach North Pole, Bury Time Capsule for Save the Arctic Campaign
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL — As global warming melts the sea ice, companies such as Shell and Gazprom are moving in to exploit the region’s oil. We stand in solidarity with …
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Harvard Researchers Connect Climate Change to Higher Skin Cancer Rates
HARVARDSCIENCE — One million skin cancer cases in U.S. annually is rising with increased UV radiation due to climate change …
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Is the Keystone XL Pipeline the ‘Stonewall’ of the Climate Movement?
TOMDISPATCH — Bill McKibben: Still, let’s put things in perspective: Stonewall took place in 1969, and as of last week the Supreme Court was still trying to decide if gay people should be allowed to marry each other. If the climate movement takes that long, we’ll be rallying in scuba masks …
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Why You Need to Ditch Dryer Sheets
WOMEN’S VOICES FOR THE EARTH — Unfortunately, dryer sheets can contain some harmful chemicals—including hidden fragrance chemicals that lots of people are sensitive to—that vent off into the air we breath and rub off on our clothes and then onto …