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The all-electric Chevrolet Blazer EV PPV combines police-specific engineering with the power and capabilities of electric vehicles. Photo: General Motors

Are Police, Fire or EMS Using Electric Vehicles?

Volkswagen and Toyota aren't the only automakers trying to game the system to their advantage by falsifying data and other means. Credit: Roddy Scheer

Why Do Car Companies Cheat on Emissions Tests?

Rewilding is an effort to bring back nature by letting ecosystems fix themselves, mostly by putting native animals and plants back where they belong and cutting back on human interference. Credit: Pexels.com.

What is “Rewilding” All About and Has it Helped?

Understanding the challenges penguins face and the efforts being made to protect them is crucial to ensuring their survival. Credit: Pexels.com

How Are the World’s Penguin Species Faring Now?

Studies suggest air pollution is associated with cognitive decline, memory problems and short-term cognitive performance. Photo: Pexels.com

Does Exposure to Air Pollution Cause “Brain Fog”?

Environmentalists won a lawsuit forcing the federal government to decide by 2019 whether or not to list the once abundant Monarch butterfly as an endangered species. Photo: W Lauzon, FlickrCC.

The Monarch Butterfly is Fluttering on the Edge of Extinction

According to the non-profit WWF, grazing—when done right—is key to maintaining biological diversity and ecosystem health across the Northern Great Plains, According to the non-profit WWF, grazing—when done right—is key to maintaining biological diversity and ecosystem health across the Northern Great Plains.

What’s Old Is New, As Sustainable Ranching Comes of Age

Given the “frontier” is long ago settled, a new breed of “homesteaders” is looking to the sea.

Seasteading Concept Gets “Off the Ground” in French Polynesia

Charles Snowdon’s team followed it up in 2015 with a similar experiment on cats, developing music containing frequencies and tempos similar to those used by felines to communicate. They tested their cat-friendly tunes against standard classical music in front of cats in 47 households and found that music designed for felines tended to attract cats toward the speaker, while standard classical music engendered no response. Photo: Scott Patterson, FlickrCC

Do Animals Respond to Music Like Humans Do?

It’s never been hotter in parts of Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona and Colorado if summer 2018 temperature records are any indication.

Can Anyone Still Denounce Climate Change?

Can You Incentivize Employees to Live Green?

Is It Possible to Monitor Pesticide Levels Due to Nearby Farms?

Can Ai be Used to Fight Climate Change and Protect the...

Can Fertility Be Used to Try to Bring Back Endangered Wildlife...

What is Regenerative Agriculture and What’s Environmentalists View on it?

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