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We sure do love our solar panels, but in 10-20 years a lot of them will be heading for landfills if we don’t figure out how to recycle them. Credit: Pexels.com

How Are We Going To Deal With All The Incoming Solar Panel Waste?

While the Supreme Court has not been consistent on environmental rulings over the years, lately its decisions have skewed conservative. Photo: Lara Jameson, Pexels.com.

Can the American Lobster Fishermen Survive With these New Restrictions?

Since the dawn of the Industrial Age, global sea turtle populations have decreased by 2/3, with only 6.5 million sea turtles left today. Credit: Pexels.com

How Are Populations of Sea Turtles Faring Now?

If you are concerned about the health implications of indoor air pollution, maybe it’s time to go electric in the kitchen.

Should We All Be Ditching Our Gas Stoves in Favor of Electric Models?

Lobster and crab fishermen says new NOAA rules to protect Atlantic Right Whales go too far; environmentalists say they don’t go far enough. Photo: Lauren Packard, NOAA

Can the American Lobster Fishermen Survive With these New Restrictions?

Bald eagles have come back from the brink of extinction in the Lower 48, but some wonder if there are too many of them around nowadays. Photo: Anthony, Pexels.com

At This Point, Have Bald Eagles Become Pests?

Environmentalists are increasingly turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to help collect & analyze data that would otherwise overwhelm us. Photo: Sarah Winstead, Pexels.com.

Artificial Intelligence Being Used For Conservation

Dark sky havens are places where nighttime light pollution is limited to non-existent and the stars can truly shine in the night sky. Photo: Zero Waste Home

What Are “Dark Sky Havens” and Do Their Happen to be...

This is all the landfill-bound trash generated by Bea Johnson’s family between 2011 and 2019. Photo: Zero Waste Home

Some Easy Ways to Make Your Home More Comfortable and Climate-Friendly

GPS nav apps may be good for individual drivers’ commute times but may be slowing traffic overall and ruining neighborhood vibes across the nation.

Environmental Pros and Cons of So Many of Us Relying On...

Skiers might not have any snow left to ski on if we can’t get global warming under control right quick. Photo: Pexels

What are the Various Industries Doing to Help Fight Global Warming?

Wrapping gifts in brown grocery bags or parcel paper makes use of an everyday item that you may already have in your home while keeping your wrapping recyclable. Photo: Marco Verch, FlickrCC.

Holidays are so Wasteful Given all the Consumerism and Decorations

Benji Backer and other young Republicans started the American Conservation Coalition in 2017 to merge their conservative and conservation values.

How Can It Be That Climate Change is the Major Planetary...

PPE waste is a big environmental concern now given we are discarding hundreds of billions of disposable masks and gloves every month globally. Photo: Kaspars Misins, Pexels

What’s the Environmental Impact of All the Single-Use PPE We Are...

This view shows off Helsinki’s underground water works. The Finnish capital is a world leader in moving people and their infrastructure below the surface where they can live more energy-efficient lifestyles. Photo: Jordi Cueto-Felgueroso Arocha, FlickrCC.

If We Lived in Underground Buildings Would it be Better For...

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