Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

3 weeks ago | ecowatch.com | Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

Scientists have discovered that the tiny green organisms often referred to as “pond scum” offer a low-tech, low-cost method of cleaning domestic sewage in place of expensive wastewater treatment facilities. All over the world, water is cleaned using large wastewater plants designed to remove chemical, biological and physical contaminants from domestic wastewater or industrial effluent. The water produced by these facilities can then safely be discharged into rivers.

3 weeks ago | ecowatch.com | Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

United States Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum announced on Monday that the federal government had proposed the reversal of a Biden-era order banning oil and gas drilling on the 23-million acre National Petroleum Reserve on Alaska’s North Slope. The remote area is home to a diverse array of wildlife, including threatened polar bears, caribou and migratory birds.

3 weeks ago | ecowatch.com | Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

Mangrove forests buffer coastlines from flooding while acting as valuable carbon sinks, but scientists are concerned about the impacts that more extreme and frequent storms caused by climate change are having on these ecosystems. In a new study, scientists from Yale School of the Environment discovered that mangrove forests could actually be more resilient to these more intense storms than had previously been thought. “Mangrove forests are strong carbon sinks.

3 weeks ago | ecowatch.com | Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

The United Kingdom has recorded its warmest spring since records began in 1884, prompting warnings for needed action on climate change. The season was also the sunniest on record overall for the UK, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland recording their sunniest springs, and England experiencing its second sunniest since record keeping began in 1910, according to a new Met Office report. The UK had 653.3 hours of sunshine this spring — 43 percent above the seasonal average.

4 weeks ago | ecowatch.com | Cristen Hemingway Jaynes

More than $14 billion in clean energy projects have been canceled or delayed in the United States since January, according to a new analysis by Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a nonprofit clean energy business group. The 2025 losses have also cost 10,000 new jobs in low-carbon energy and clean vehicle factories, a press release from E2 said. The cuts came amid rising fears over what the future holds for federal clean energy policy and tax credits.