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Kristen Mandala turns fear "into fuel" to drive climate solutions
Mandala, a Canadian sustainability advocate, said people don't realize sustainability is "a lens that you can use to see all the different things in your life."
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Why the Rockefellers are spending their oil fortune to end fossil fuels
"The oldest oil fortune on Earth has decided that oil is not the future in any way; we're getting somewhere," a leader of one environmental group told Newsweek.
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Anne Therese Gennari literally wrote the book on climate optimism
Gennari says that her book, "The Climate Optimist Handbook," is "not necessarily a book about climate change; it's actually a book about you."
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Climate poet Jordan Sanchez uses verse to reckon with a warming world
"I kind of always saw poetry as an avenue for social change," the 21-year-old junior at Harvard told Newsweek recently.
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These young people are turning eco-anxiety into eco-action
Surveys suggest that climate change is becoming a bigger drain on the mental wellbeing of younger generations
King Charles is walking a political tightrope
Charles is facing a test of his diplomatic skill as he weighs a personal drive to protect the environment with his government's policies while on a state visit.
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Climate advocate Namgay Choden wants to get youth involved in policymaking
Choden believes that the next generation is key to whether her native country of Bhutan will be able to hit its goal of net-zero emissions by 2050
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Kenyan footballer scores environmental goals with tree-planting project
Mutunkei plants trees for every goal that he scores with his local team, and he wants to see his Trees4Goals initiative expand worldwide
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Seven of the greenest college campuses in the U.S.
"It's about leaving behind a legacy of clean air, clean water, healthy soil and a livable planet for the generations to come," one professor told Newsweek
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Inventor Fionn Ferreira has a plan to extract plastic from the oceans
The 22-year-old chemistry student and entrepreneur says that there's no problem too big to "build something to solve it"
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Jamyang Wangchuk carries water around Asia to grow climate-change awareness
With his campaign, "The Messenger: Ride for Action," Wangchuk bicycles to different areas and speaks about climate issues, to inspire people to get involved
Climate Activism—Not Climate Change—Is the Real Racist Force.
A movement that often talks about "genocide by the global North" remains silent on the genocide that their environmental extremism will cause in Africa.
Virginia leaves clean air initiative as wildfire smoke fills sky
In a move backed by the state's Republican governor, a Virginia regulatory board voted to withdraw from a greenhouse gas initiative.
Why Venice's Grand Canal turned bright green
The waters of Venice's famous canals turned a fluorescent green on Sunday and local authorities have finally figured out why.
Biden administration faces Willow oil project lawsuit
Environmental organizations have filed a legal complaint against the federal government to halt a new oil drilling project in Alaska, following its approval.
Environmentalists Are China's Useful Idiots
Somewhere under Red Square, Vladimir Lenin is smiling at the capitalist elite's latest folly.
Environmental Justice Lost a Champion. Congress Must Build on His Legacy
The late Representative Donald McEachin's environmental justice legacy is secure.
Jordan Peterson mocked for complaining about toilet paper—"Tyranny"
"Up yours, woke moralists," the Canadian psychologist raged on Twitter over a sign that asked users to recycle and be mindful of excessive use.
Marjorie Taylor Greene says "wind farms" in the ocean are killing whales
Some experts have disagreed with Marjorie Taylor Greene's conclusion that whales are dying due to wind farms in the ocean.
Historic California rain could bring one of the best superblooms for years
Botanist Nick Jensen told Newsweek that this year, the superbloom could be "really spectacular" in some places.
Aggressive frog-eating fish that breathes air found in new part of Florida
The invasive species can be highly destructive to ecosystems as it hunts on native wildlife and wipes out large quantities of fish.
Greta Thunberg's Andrew Tate tweet among most-liked of all time
Tate was arrested in Romania on Thursday, reportedly in connection with an investigation into human trafficking and other alleged offenses.
Trump family legal woes are now an international problem
This week, a lawsuit against the Trump family was filed in Ireland after environmentalists sought to halt construction at Trump's hotel course in Doonbeg.
Welcome to the New Era of Environmental Colonialism
Rather than look to expand the alms box, perhaps the West should look instead on how to help developing countries help themselves by investing in energy.
What would happen to Earth if we got rid of all the billionaires?
"Everything about billionaires is damaging to the environment," Beatriz Barros, an environmental justice researcher at Indiana University, told Newsweek.
What Lula's Brazil election victory means for the Amazon
Under Bolsonaro's presidency, an estimated 16,000 square miles of the Amazon rainforest have been lost. Can Lula end the deforestation as he promises?
Heartbreaking video shows lone elephant calf after its twin died in drought
The incredibly rare elephant twins, first spotted by research teams in January, never had a great chance of survival amid the ongoing drought.
This plastic self-destructs within two years
London startup Polymateria has developed a low-cost solution that helps make conventional plastics biodegrade.
Bitcoin Is As Bad for the Planet As Beef, and It's Getting Worse
To mine new bitcoin, a computer has to solve a cryptographic puzzle, which uses up a large amount of electricity.
Waffle House Closes for Hurricane Ian as Florida Faces Worst-Case Scenario
The Waffle House Index is often informally used to indicate the severity of an incoming storm, and the one about to hit the Sunshine State looks bad.