Dharna Noor's posts

Sure, they heat up the planet, but the U.S. predominantly uses fossil fuels because they continually outcompete more…

Only 3% of land on Earth still qualifies as “ecologically intact,” with undisturbed habitats and healthy populations…

The U.S. has a lot of work to do to draw down carbon emissions. But a new report shows that when it comes to the…

People took fewer flights amid the covid-19 pandemic, which helped to lower carbon pollution from aviation by…

There’s a scientific consensus that coal, oil, and gas are frying the planet and will have to be phased out…

Glaciers all over Antarctica are in trouble as ice there rapidly melts. There’s no Antarctic glacier whose fate is…

After more than a year of covid-19 lockdowns, there’s—dare I say—a feeling of hope in the air. Yes, things are far…

Between offshore oil and gas drilling, shipping, wind turbines, and even jet skis, the ocean is a pretty loud place.…

It’s a climate cliché to say the world is on fire, but it is. Right now, wildfires are burning across the Midwest in…

A federal grand jury is indicting a 22-year-old guy over accusations that he tampered with a public water system.…

We use the cliched term “glacial pace” to describe something that moves really slowly. But new research shows that…

Myrtle Felton has lived in St. James Parish her whole life, but it looks nothing like it did when she was young.

On Saturday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency over fears that a leaking wastewater pond…

Former President Donald Trump seems, uh, unadventurous when it comes to food, but I always thought he was down with…

Reality show host Mike Rowe’s new series Six Degrees, which is currently streaming on Discovery+ and will soon air…

The Ever Given is no longer stuck in the Suez Canal, but we’re still dealing with the fallout of the near-weeklong…

On Wednesday, President Joe Biden unveiled a plan to make a $2.25 trillion investment in the nation’s…

There’s growing awareness that plastics are an environmental disaster for marine and terrestrial ecosystems alike. A …

Spring is here, and I’ve been thinking a lot more about my wardrobe—and how sick I am of it. Even though I cleaned…

A massive blaze lit up at an Indonesia oil refinery in the wee hours of Monday morning, sparking continuous flames…