Energy Star, efficiency program that has steered consumer choice, targeted in...
An Environmental Protection Agency plan to eliminate its Energy Star offices would end a decades-old program that gave consumers a choice to buy environmentally friendly electronics and save money on...
View ArticleMoon dust ‘rarer than gold’ arrives in UK from China
8 hours ago ShareSave Georgina Rannard Climate and science reporter Kate Stephens and Tony Jolliffe BBC climate and science team ShareSave Tony Jolliffe/BBC News The first samples of Moon rock brought...
View ArticleLitter ‘nightmare’ as street cleanliness worst on record
2 hours ago ShareSave Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News Gareth Bryer BBC News ShareSave BBC Littering has reached a “crisis point,” campaigners have said, after surveys of...
View ArticleHow tech companies could shrink AI’s climate footprint
Google, Microsoft and Meta have all pledged to reach at least net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. Amazon set their net-zero deadline for 2040. To understand how these four tech companies could possibly...
View Article2 men convicted of cutting down beloved Sycamore Gap tree in ‘mindless’...
Prosecutors say that as news of the crime spread, the two men exchanged messages relishing the outrage and sadness they caused. The tree in northern England was believed to be about 200 years old....
View ArticleNeed help switching appliances from gas to electric? A ‘coach’ can help
Government incentives for climate-friendly upgrades are confusing to navigate, and it can be hard to find businesses that sell them. So a new industry is emerging to help: the decarbonization coach....
View ArticleWhy the mighty Himalayas are getting harder and harder to see
19 hours ago ShareSave Navin Singh Khadka Environment correspondent, BBC World Service ShareSave BBC I grew up in Nepal’s capital watching the Himalayas. Ever since I left, I’ve missed sweeping,...
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Georgia’s beloved shrimp industry grapples with disease and foreign imports
The tart saltwater odor of fresh-caught shrimp hangs thick in the air, stronger even than the earthier scent of marsh and mud, at Bubba Gumbo’s and BG Seafood, a dockside restaurant and seafood market...
View ArticleWild chimpanzees filmed using forest ‘first aid’
10 hours ago ShareSave Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News ShareSave Chimpanzees in Uganda have been observed using medicinal plants – in multiple ways – to treat open wounds and other...
View ArticleWill this woman be the first Briton to walk on the Moon?
9 hours ago ShareSave Rebecca Morelle BBC News science team Reporting fromHouston, Texas Alison Francis ShareSave Kevin Church/BBC Rosemary Coogan is surrounded by a team of people pushing, pulling,...
View ArticleClimate experts criticise handling of Tata changes
9 hours ago ShareSave Steffan Messenger Environment correspondent, BBC Wales News ShareSave PA The UK’s climate change advisors have criticised the handling of a switch to greener steelmaking at the...
View ArticleThe government just killed an essential way to assess climate risk
Nearly 30 billion-dollar storms rocked the United States last year. Thanks to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s disaster tracking database, we know that catastrophes are getting...
View ArticleDry weather threatens ‘exceptionally low’ rivers in parts of UK
60 minutes ago ShareSave Malcolm Prior, Georgina Rannard, Jenny Kumah BBC Rural Affairs and Climate and Science teams ShareSave Getty Images The UK’s rivers are forecast to hit exceptionally low...
View ArticleMosquito-borne killer disease threatens blackbirds
4 days ago ShareSave Helen BriggsBBC environment correspondent•@hbriggsGwyndaf Hughes BBC climate and science team ShareSave Getty Images A mosquito-borne disease freshly arrived in Britain has spread...
View ArticleDecades-long mystery of ginger cats revealed
3 days ago ShareSave Esme Stallard Climate and science correspondent ShareSave Getty Images Garfield, Puss in Boots, Aristocats’ Toulouse – cultural icons maybe, ginger most certainly. And now...
View ArticleIf you want to claim the solar tax credit, install now
For the last two decades, homeowners have been able to claim thousands of dollars in federal tax credits to help offset the high upfront costs of going solar. Things were supposed to stay that way...
View ArticleScientists have figured out why flamingos are such weird eaters
Flamingos look silly when they eat, but new research suggests they’re actually being smart. (Image credit: Serhat Cetinkaya)The post Scientists have figured out why flamingos are such weird eaters...
View ArticleEnergy boss warns over future of gas storage facility
2 days ago ShareSave Nick Edser Business reporter, BBC News ShareSave BBC The UK’s largest gas storage facility could be closed if the government does not help support a redevelopment of the site, the...
View ArticleSolving the mystery of a dinosaur mass grave at the ‘River of Death’
21 hours ago ShareSave Rebecca Morelle Science editor Reporting fromAlberta, Canada Alison Francis Senior science journalist ShareSave Hidden beneath the slopes of a lush forest in Alberta, Canada, is...
View ArticleWhere does your weather forecast come from?
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government. (Image credit: Marcio Jose Sanchez)The...
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