All posts by Daniel T Cross
FAIRR: fast food giants must reduce their carbon footprints
The vast global fast food industry, which generates $570 billion annually, is helping drive climate change.
Climate change will make air pollution even worse
As the planet warms, air pollution will increase … unless we can keep our aerosol emissions under control.
Smartphones aren’t that great for the environment
Some 80% of a smartphone's carbon footprint derives from its manufacturing, according to the UN.
Marine creatures are drowning in plastic waste
The recorded number of animals killed or injured by plastic waste has never been higher, the RSPCA says.
Viral videos of exotic animals can fuel the trade in them
So much attention lavished on "cute" yet endangered animals has a dark side.
Hydropower’s hidden drawback: how droughts drive up CO2 emissions
The electricity sector will need to work on solutions that will make it more resilient to droughts, heatwaves and wildfires.