Nicolas Rivero

2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Nicolas Rivero

Scientists say they can calculate the cost of oil giants’ role in global warming (washingtonpost.com) Scientists say they can calculate the cost of oil giants’ role in global warming By Nicolás Rivero 2025042320335100 Oil and gas companies are facing hundreds of lawsuits around the world testing whether they can be held responsible for their role in causing climate change.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Nicolas Rivero

Musk-backed XPrize gives $100 million to carbon removal start-ups (washingtonpost.com) Musk-backed XPrize gives $100 million to carbon removal start-ups By Nicolás Rivero 2025042311000000 The XPRIZE for Carbon Removal, a competition funded by Elon Musk's charitable foundation, announced $100 million in awards on Wednesday for companies exploring promising ways to pull carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere.

3 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Nicolas Rivero |Allyson Chiu |Hailey Haymond |Nicolas Ortega

You can make every day Earth Day with these tiny climate actions (washingtonpost.com) You can make every day Earth Day with these tiny climate actions By Nicolás Rivero; Allyson Chiu; Hailey Haymond; Nicolás Ortega 2025042209004500 Climate change is a big, global problem — which can make anything you do about it seem incredibly insignificant. But sometimes, doing one tiny thing can help you feel a little less helpless and hopeless.

1 month ago | washingtonpost.com | Nicolas Rivero

How the Caribbean could turn a plague of seaweed into fuel and fertilizer (washingtonpost.com) How the Caribbean could turn a plague of seaweed into fuel and fertilizer By Nicolás Rivero 2025040910000000 Stinking mats of rotting seaweed are already starting to pile up on beaches across the Caribbean.

1 month ago | seattletimes.com | Nicolas Rivero

Houseplants have gotten something of a bad rap lately, with climate advocates citing the energy-intensive greenhouses they’re grown in, the harmful emissions produced from shipping them long distances and the environment-depleting peat they are often packed in. But there’s a greener — and cheaper — way to expand your plant collection. Local plant swaps offer a chance to trade plants and get tips for how to care for them.