This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Cara Hoffman was a young reporter in 1994 when she covered an explosion at a chemical plant in Buffalo, New York. She remembers a toxic plume coating nearby lawns in…
While the benefits of a world connected by the internet abound, it’s harder and harder to ignore one of its most noxious byproducts — digital pollution. Sam Gill, Vice President of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We know less than we think we know about climate. And we know even less than that about our carbon footprint. We live in a world where this information isn’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On All Saints’ Day, Nov. 1, religious leaders from multiple denominations gathered in a sugar cane field in St. James Parish where evidence suggests enslaved African Americans were buried. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the absence of federal action on climate change in the United States, local communities have taken on the responsibility of reducing their greenhouse emissions. In Utah, 23 cities and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Fishing reduces carbon sequestration in the ocean, researchers report. A fish that dies naturally in the ocean sinks to the depths, taking with it all the carbon it contains. Yet,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. None of the six key sectors expected to lead climate change mitigation — power, buildings, industry, transportation, forests and agriculture — are making fast enough progress to limit global warming…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The climate crisis had been deepening even before the COVID-19 pandemic, affecting everyone, everywhere—but especially the poorest and most vulnerable people. The world is “off-track” on both climate mitigation and adaptation,…
Mashable’s Social Good Series continues this month with another expert panel, “Food for the Future,” which focused on diets — what we eat, how we get it, and whether or not it’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As of late summer, governments around the world had pledged US$12.2 trillion of relief in response to the coronavirus pandemic. That’s around 15% of global GDP, three times larger than…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A massive force is reshaping the fashion industry: secondhand clothing. According to a new report, the U.S. secondhand clothing market is projected to more than triple in value in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen initially said all 17 million minks would be culled because the virus that causes Covid-19 had moved from humans to minks and back to humans.…