With its sheer capacity for scale, McDonald’s first big foray into meat alternatives carries a lot of promise for helping the company reach net zero emissions by 2050.

Climate change is on course to transform life on Earth as we know it, and unless global warming is dramatically slowed, billions of people and other species will reach points where they can no longer adapt to the new normal, according to a major report.

More than half the money Volkswagen Group spends in the next five years will go towards electric vehicles and other high-technology efforts.

Eating less meat and dairy is one of the ways we can have a positive impact on the future of the planet, as multiple studies on climate change have demonstrated.

Eating less meat and dairy is one of the ways we can have a positive impact on the future of the planet, as multiple studies on climate change have demonstrated.

New study shows California and Washington, D.C. are most prepared for electric vehicles. Automakers of all types are making massive commitments to battery-electric vehicles with 50 new models expected to hit the U.S. by the end of next year. 

The New York City Council has voted 44 to 1 to require all city-owned school buses to be battery-electric by September 1, 2035. The action by the council was spurred by a new law signed by Governor Hochul last month that bans the sale of gasoline- and diesel-powered light-duty vehicles in the state of New York after the year 2035.

The tech company will release parts, tools, and manuals in an effort to allow consumers to fix their devices instead of sending them to the landfill. This is a massive change in behavior from the tech giant and a large step in the direction of reducing e-waste and creating a more circular economy. The program has many restrictions, but it is still a step in the right direction!

Heads of state, business leaders, and activists alike have gathered in Glasgow this week to discuss and decide our future. It’s being called “the last best chance” to address the climate emergency, and the urgency of the moment feels palpable.

Our reliance on oil, coal and natural gas created the climate crisis, and it threatens ecosystems and human health through acute environmental disasters, like this weekend's oil spill off the coast of California.

As recycling heads to the dump, Maine and Oregon have a new strategy: Make companies pay.

Nature dares you not to laugh.

Shipping giant Maersk is spending $1.4B on clean-energy vessels.

Starting this summer, city residents will finally have a free composting option — after the pilot program was delayed a full year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

A new life-cycle analysis finds they have a third of the footprint of traditional internal combustion vehicles.

Greenland dropped all plans for future oil exploration on environmental grounds, saying the price of extraction was “too high.”

There will be far fewer plastics in the future of the University of Virginia, as it cuts back on its use of single-use plastics starting July 21.

A sweeping new presidential directive includes, among other things, an initiative to secure consumers’ right to repair their own devices.

New York City is going to see a bigger presence of electric garbage trucks. The New York City Department of Sanitation plans to purchase seven electric refuse models. The trucks will operate in each of the city’s boroughs.

Twenty companies are responsible for producing more than half of all the single-use plastic waste in the world, fueling the climate crisis and creating an environmental catastrophe, new research reveals.

Plastic bags are a major contaminant in Washington’s recycling facilities, waterways, roadways, and environment. Washington's Plastic Bag Ban will reduce pollution by prohibiting single-use plastic carryout bags and charging a fee for acceptable bags

Legislation directs $17 billion pension fund and state treasury to divest from coal, oil and gas companies by 2026

Chile is getting serious in the fight against single-use plastics. After banning plastic bags from grocery stores in 2018, it passed a law to eliminate single-use plastic packaging and implements from eating establishments across the country.

Honda Motor Co. has become the first of Japan’s automakers to state publicly it will phase out sales of gasoline-powered cars completely, setting 2040.

Honda Motor Co. has become the first of Japan’s automakers to state publicly it will phase out sales of gasoline-powered cars completely, setting 2040.

Seawalls can make erosion worse. This California scientist is looking for another solution.

To keep global warming at livable temperatures, we need to replace existing machines that use fossil fuels with clean electric substitutes when they reach the end of life.

In April, to coincide with Earth Day, 101 Nobel laureates published an open letter calling for international cooperation to immediately end the extraction of fossil fuels, the largest contributor (80%) to the climate emergency.

The electric prowlers promise savings in fuel and maintenance.

Instead of leather, the interior of the car will use sustainable materials made from recycled bottles and plastics reclaimed from the ocean.

 It will initially feature 38 fast and ultra-rapid chargers in a single site, with up to 10MW of power on-site.  It is the first of up to 40 similar sites planned across the UK to help deliver the charging infrastructure needed for the estimated 36 million EVs by 2040.

Electric cars and vans will be cheaper to make than fossil-fuel vehicles in every light vehicle segment across Europe from 2027 at the latest, according to a new BloombergNEF study commissioned by Transport & Environment (T&E).

The U.S. offshore wind sector took a major step forward after authorities gave the green light for the construction and operation of the 800 megawatt Vineyard Wind 1 project.

A startup based in California says it can help farmers be greener and more profitable by offering what it describes as the world's first fully electric, self-driving tractor.

The pilot scheme will use methane from fermenting fruit to create clean power for the city's water plant.

Did you know there is an infrastructure project that has doubled the completed miles than the Border Wall? Let’s Build the East Coast Greenway, not that Wall.

Efforts to limit global warming often focus on emissions from fossil fuels, but food is crucial, too, according to new research.

Japan hopes this is just the beginning, particularly as the country looks for an edge in the global self-driving car race.

These nine environmental groups are some of his first grantees.

South Korea’s president, Moon Jae-in, has declared that the country will go carbon neutral by 2050, bringing it into line with other major economies.

The world’s largest polluter has pledged to zero out its emissions.

The announcement, coming weeks after a similar pledge by China, will require a major overhaul of the infrastructure in Japan, which remains heavily dependent on fossil fuels.

Both Republicans and Democrats are pursuing laws to make it easier for people to fix cellphones, cars, even hospital ventilators. In Europe, the movement is further along.

Textile heiress Veronica Chou is trying to clean up the fashion industry with eco-friendly brands.