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Earth News

Discuss Earth isn’t just the best place for English language learners to learn about the environment in English. It’s also the best place to get a round up of all the environment news from around the web, all in one place. 

• Leading burger supplier sourced from Amazon farmer guilty of deforestation
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Andrew Wasley, Alexandra Heal and André Campos in São Paolo
• First-ever climate telethon raises millions to plant trees in Denmark
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-17 By Melissa Breyer
• Fees on Electric Cars, Influenced by Koch Network, Unfairly Penalize Drivers, Consumer Reports Says
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-17 By DeSmogBlog
• The Saudi oil attack isn’t just an economic issue, it’s environmental
  Source: Grist Published on 2019-09-17 By Rachel Ramirez
• New York schools will excuse students to participate in climate strikes
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-17 By Katherine Martinko
• Ireland to Reduce Waste by Cutting out All Single-Use Plastic
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-17 By Jordan Davidson
• Meat Is Murder. But You Know That Already.
  Source: The New York Times Published on 2019-09-17
• One leader’s journey to climate restoration
  Source: Grist Published on 2019-09-17 By Grist Creative
• Does Certified Organic Mean What We Think It Does?
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-17 By Modern Farmer
• South Korea confirms African swine fever outbreak
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Bibi van der Zee
• The Body Shop goes green again with refill stations and 'activist zones'
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Rebecca Smithers Consumer affairs correspondent
• Fighting climate crisis by avoiding meat ignores poor countries' needs – report
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Vidhi Doshi
• UN launches drive to suck back carbon and reverse climate change
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Oliver Milman in New York
• Wall Street investment giants voting against key climate resolutions
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Edward Helmore in New York
• Sit-stand desks get mixed reviews
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-17 By Katherine Martinko
• International Coastal Cleanup Gears up for ‘Million-Strong’ Turnout Saturday
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-17 By Olivia Rosane
• Is anyone doing enough about indoor air pollution?
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-17 By Lloyd Alter
• Outrage as blue shark is cooked and served at Plymouth Seafood festival
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Steven Morris and agency
• NYC Public Schools to Excuse Climate Strikers
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-17 By Olivia Rosane
• 20 foods you can make from scratch to avoid plastic
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-17 By Katherine Martinko
• Photo: Bumblebee seeks nectar on native milkweed
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-17 By Melissa Breyer
• Senate inquiry into Great Barrier Reef seen as bid to discredit Queensland laws
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Paul Karp
• Bogong moth tracker launched in face of 'unprecedented' collapse in numbers
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Lisa Cox
• Berkeley triggered a chain of anti-gas laws
  Source: Grist Published on 2019-09-17 By Nathanael Johnson
• 'The silenced': meet the climate whistleblowers muzzled by Trump
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Oliver Milman
• Amazon deforestation is driven by criminal networks, report finds
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-17 By Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro
• 1.1 Million Students in N.Y.C. Can Skip School for Climate Protest
  Source: The New York Times Published on 2019-09-16
• Invasive fish may get their own dystopian nightmare
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-16 By Melissa Breyer
• Extreme weather may be pushing Texans to care about climate change
  Source: Grist Published on 2019-09-16 By Zoya Teirstein
• Don't toss apple cores and banana peels on the ground
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-16 By Melissa Breyer
• Sanders to attend latest climate forum while Biden and Warren pass
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-16 By Emily Holden in Washington
• A New Beginning for Climate Reporting
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-16 By The Nation
• Road transport emissions up since 1990 despite efficiency drive
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-16 By Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent
• Essential poll: majority of Australians support medevac or better asylum care
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-16 By Katharine Murphy Political editor
• Smart energy meter rollout deadline pushed back to 2024
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-16 By Jillian Ambrose Energy correspondent
• 25K Climate Protestors Disrupt Frankfurt Motor Show
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-16 By Jordan Davidson
• Children's bodies contain alarming levels of plastic chemicals
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-16 By Katherine Martinko
• Green Energy Has a Greenhouse Gas Emissions Problem, but Solutions Are Near
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-16 By Jordan Davidson
• David Attenborough to front UK study on biodiversity loss
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-16 By Richard Partington Economics correspondent
• How Long Before These Salmon Are Gone? ‘Maybe 20 Years’
  Source: The New York Times Published on 2019-09-16
• More People Are Falling Through the Arctic's Melting Ice Never to Be Seen Again
  Source: Vice Published on 2019-09-16 By Terri Hansen
• How to cook rice to remove the most arsenic
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-16 By Melissa Breyer
• What's the Difference Between Sweet Potatoes and Potatoes?
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-16 By Healthline
• Neonics May Be Killing Birds in Addition to Bees, Groundbreaking Study Finds
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-16 By Common Dreams
• Germany's Ruling Coalition Plans to Spend $44.6 Billion on Climate Protection
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-16 By Deutsche Welle
• Are plant-based meats ethical if they're funded by industrial livestock producers?
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-16 By Katherine Martinko
• California Fails to Pass Bills That Would Have Led Nation in Fighting Plastic Waste
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-16 By Olivia Rosane
• Why the UN climate action summit matters
  Source: The Guardian Published on 2019-09-16 By Mark Hertsgaard
• 6 Dead in Worst Storm to Drench Eastern Spain in 140 Years
  Source: EcoWatch Published on 2019-09-16 By Olivia Rosane
• Why you don't need fabric softener
  Source: Tree Hugger Published on 2019-09-16 By Katherine Martinko