Environment

August 17, 2018

In Mexico's Baja California Sur, fishing was the main industry for generations. Then the fish ran out.

What Munich's coffee houses learned about waste from beer culture

August 14, 2018

Take-out coffee cups are a popular American import that are filling up the country's trash bins. Now there's an effort in Munich to replace throwaway cups with cups you borrow and return, inspired by the longstanding practice at the city's famous beer gardens.

It took a cyclone for some Tongan women to get reproductive health care for the first time

GlobalPost

August 14, 2018

When disaster strikes, it’s often women who are affected the most.

Environment

Starbucks tries to save 6 billion cups a year from the trash ... with help from McDonald's

PRI's The World

August 13, 2018

Starbucks consumers go through 6 billion to-go cups a year. Those cups basically can't be recycled. So Starbucks, along with McDonald's, are trying to engineer a better cup.

Environment

The Taj Mahal is wasting away, and it may soon hit the point of no return

The Conversation

August 13, 2018

Pollution is eating away at one of the world's most iconically beautiful buildings. Will it ever recover its previous luster?

Environment

Some former combat divers are now working to restore ocean health

Living on Earth

August 12, 2018

A non-profit called FORCE BLUE is training elite military veterans to do ocean conservation work.

Climate Change

Does a new GOP proposal to create a carbon tax have a chance?

Living on Earth

August 11, 2018

Florida Congressman Carlos Curbelo represents the city of Miami, where sea level rise is already a difficult reality. He has put forth a bold proposal to address greenhouse gas emissions, but his party is unlikely to support it.

Technology

Scientists are learning more about the adverse health effects of LEDs

Living on Earth

August 11, 2018

Artificial lighting of all kinds can have adverse effects on wildlife and humans. As the use of LED lights increases, researchers are examining how best to limit their impact.

Climate Change

How people are keeping cool amid record-breaking temperatures

PRI's The World

August 09, 2018

If it's summer where you are right now, odds are you've become intimately familiar with your air conditioner as the US, Europe and other parts of the world hit near-record temperatures.

Indonesian quake takes a toll on tourism industry

Reuters

August 08, 2018

"It went from high season just a few days ago to absolutely nothing now," lamented Howard Singleton, who owns a beachside restaurant in the west coast town of Senggigi, ravished by striking sunset views of a volcano on neighboring Bali.