All posts by Laureen Fagan
Laureen is a freelance journalist creating high-quality, informed content on international affairs, politics and technology. She is trained in conflict resolution and diversity, and has special interests in science and medical reporting, and culture and religion issues.
laureen (at) sustainability-times.com
laureen (at) sustainability-times.com
Snapchat, YouTube or porn: Our video is costing carbon
Online video viewing was responsible for carbon emissions equal to those of Spain last year, and it’s time to take seriously the impacts and become “digitally sober,” according to researchers at a Paris-based think tank on climate change. The new
World’s largest seaweed bloom threatens marine life
Scientists say they’ve discovered the largest recurring algae bloom in the world, and it stretches from the coast of West Africa to the Gulf of Mexico with no signs that the “new normal” pattern will stop anytime soon. The research
In a wet and warming world, our roads are taking the heat
Transportation and its supporting infrastructure are among the biggest climate change challenges as the world moves away from fossil fuels, but one area often overlooked in conversations about electric vehicles or batteries or mass transit options is the condition of
UK ‘burial corridors’ among greener end-of-life solutions
There’s been an intriguing call from the United Kingdom for planners to design green “burial corridors” along major roads and rights of way, to ensure that there will be room for the dearly departed in coming decades. John Ashton, an
Japan’s shift to commercial whaling met with mixed reviews
Japan has never really stopped hunting whales, but its decision to leave the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling to resume commercial whaling, effective July 1, has renewed attention to Japan and why its leaders are making the move. The
Study on 14-year-old disaster finds oil still leaking into sea
It’s been more than 14 years since Hurricane Ivan made landfall on the Gulf Coast of the United States as a Category 3 storm, with wind speeds approaching 200 kilometers per hour and a destructive storm surge. Worse is what’s