The global consumer goods industry's plans for dealing with the vast plastic waste it generates can be seen here in a landfill on the outskirts of Indonesia's capital, where a swarm of excavators tears into stinking mountains of garbage.
Some analysts are warning that the rich can afford the necessary changes, but the burdensome costs of a green transition for middle-class and poorer voters could trigger a backlash and prompt electoral reversals.
U.S. President Joe Biden is signing a series of actions Wednesday to combat climate change, saying they will restore "scientific integrity and evidence-based policymaking" across the American government.
The European Space Agency has noted a positive effect of the world-wide coronavirus outbreak, saying satellite data is showing reduced air pollution in areas hardest hit by the virus.
We reached out to a number of experts—in sustainability, environmental studies, economics, geography, and more—to find out, once and for all, whether the Earth is overpopulated.
UCLA researchers developed new methods to manipulate gene expression in plants, which could help make them resistant to climate change and plant-harming bacteria.
