Environment

Pope Francis said on Friday that carbon pricing was "essential" to stem global warming, his clearest statement to date in support of the practice. In an address to energy executives at the end of a two-day meeting, he also called for "open, transparent, science-based and standardised" reporting of climate risk and a "radical energy transition" away from carbon to save the planet. Carbon pricing, via taxes or emissions trading schemes, is used by many governments to make energy consumers pay...

Bill McKibben, a U.S. author and leading figure in global climate activism, has challenged adults to join a youth-led general strike in September, saying bold action may yet prevent civilisation being cut off "at the knees." Inspired by 16-year-old Swedish activist Greta Thunberg's success in mobilising hundreds of thousands of children to walk out of classrooms, veteran campaigner McKibben, 58, wants to light an equivalent fire under his own generation. "People have risen to crises before. It was our parents'...

At least 60 dead seals have been discovered along beaches of the Bering Sea and Chukchi Sea in northwestern Alaska, and scientists are trying to determine what caused their deaths, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said on Wednesday. The dead seals – bearded, spotted and ringed seals – have been found at sites ranging from southern edge of the Bering Strait region to the Chukchi coastline above the Arctic Circle, NOAA's Fisheries said.  Ice in the Bering and...

The greenhouse gas is created when pollutants from cars and factories react with sunlight

A team from Australia were able to turn the waste into a replacement for industrial flooring - which opens the door for new uses for old glass.

Humans are ingesting the equivalent of one credit card per week from water, food and the air they breathe. A new WWF study called 'Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People' reports that people consume 2,000 tiny pieces of plastic each week, on average, which is the equivalent of eating a teaspoon of plastic — or a credit card — every week. Carried out by Australia's University of Newcastle the research found that water, both bottled and tap, was the...

Are you moving into a new house? Did you happen to save up enough money to purchase new furniture? Or is an extended family coming over for a joyful holiday? In all scenarios, cleaning your house is the first thought. Whether you have tonnes of garbage stored in the attic that you want to dump, or you just want to get rid of utensils and furniture, rubbish clearance can cost you a significant amount, especially if you hire helpers. To...

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to outline plans to ban single-use plastics by 2021. Plastic straws, cotton swabs, drink stirrers, plates, cutlery and balloon sticks will be among items due to be banished in the country according to reports in CBC News. The full list of plastics to be banned by the federal government will follow the model chosen by the European Union, which voted in March to also ban products made of oxo-degradable plastics, such as bags,...

Global warming will make the frozen wasteland attractive to tourists - within a few decades, say scientists.