by Beth Holmes | Aug 1, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Big swimming pools will be banned in Las Vegas soon, one of many last-ditch efforts to save the Colorado River. Las Vegas, and most of the American southwest, is on the shore of a severe water crisis. Lake Mead, the reservoir above Hoover Dam, is the lowest it’s...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 18, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Wind and solar sources generated more power than nuclear plants in the U.S. for the first time this April, according to the US Energy Information Administration. In April, clean energy sources, which include hydro, geothermal, wind and solar sources, accounted for...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 11, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
Gutting the EPA, the latest Supreme Court ruling dictates that only Congress can regulate emissions coming from existing power plants. In 2015, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a directive to all standing coal power plants in the U.S. to either reduce...
by Beth Holmes | Jul 4, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Green Energy, Sustainability
An offshore wind farm and three environmental organizations have entered an agreement to protect right whales while developing green infrastructure. South Fork Wind is a large wind farm currently being built offshore from Rhode Island and Long Island. When it’s...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 20, 2022 | Climate Change, Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Sriracha hot sauce will be thin on the shelves, as chili pepper crops fail in unseasonable conditions. Back in April, Huy Fong Foods, the company that makes the wildly popular sriracha sauce, sent out a letter announcing that they were struggling to get chili peppers...
by Beth Holmes | Jun 6, 2022 | Conservation, Environmental hazards, Sustainability
Manatees are starving in Florida waters, only five years after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) took them off the Endangered Species list. In the 1960s and ’70s, the West Indian manatee, which is native to Florida waters, was down to only a few hundred...
