The Earth’s environment is the source of economic, social, cultural activities, with nature shaping human life over the centuries. The rapid growth in the world population, from 1 billion in 1830 to 7 billion today, add pressures for air quality, oceans, land use and resources as basic as water. Awareness is building about over-reliance on fossil fuels, how carbon and other emissions contribute to global warming and volatile weather. Every industry requires energy, and cross-border industrialization, transportation and other economic activities contribute to environmental degradation. Yet globalization also spurs awareness and activism over the need for global cooperation and standards to promote sustainability and environmental protection.

Energy Transition: Coal as the Canary

Joshua Busby, Morgan D. Bazilian and Dustin Mulvaney
April 23, 2020

Two Impossible Global Challenges

Bernard Gilland
March 24, 2020

Dams and Climate Change Kill the Mekong

Tom Fawthrop
November 28, 2019

Environmental Disaster in the Amazon

Claudia Ribeiro Pereira Nunes and Pedro D. Peralta
September 3, 2019

Saharan Dust Plume Hits US: Washington Post

Andrew Freedman, Matthew Cappucci and Jason Samenow
June 26, 2020

“Warning Cry From the Arctic”: Reuters

Matthew Green and Emma Farge
June 25, 2020

North Korea Makes Millions Selling Sand: CNN

Joshua Berlinger
June 10, 2020

Covid-19 and Green Recovery? Euronews

Darren McCaffrey
May 27, 2020