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Student debt is rising across the industrialized world. And in the US, where the problem is most extreme, it now tops $1.64 trillion—8%...

Even if Africa somehow avoided the worst of the coronavirus' human toll, it’s going to be near impossible to avoid a major economic drop...

Americans are turning to one of Africa’s most common prescribed drugs to battle coronavirus. Donald Trump’s premature declaration...

Greenland and Antarctica, now on track for the worst-case warming scenarios predicted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,...

Emissions are already falling as the world responds to the coronavirus, but the looming global recession, predicted by more than 40% of...

India’s lit with LEDs. The energy-saving light bulbs jumped from 0.3% to 46% of the market in just five years. Each year, that will save...

Europeans bought 60,000 EVS in February, even as diesel and petrol car sales fell. Before coronavirus hit, EV registrations (battery and...

Barclays, one of the biggest lenders in Europe to the fossil fuel industry, on Monday set itself a target to reach “net zero” for its own...

The Trump Administration has suspended enforcement of America’s environmental laws amid the coronavirus, and Brazil followed suit. The...

The third massive coral bleaching of the 1,400-mile Great Barrier Reef in five years. Severity of damage has increased, with areas that...

Winter is not coming. The northern-hemisphere winter of 2019-20 was the warmest ever on land Temperatures stayed roughly the same from...

No one has tabulated the amount of plastic waste that comes from takeout orders—which have surged in popularity since app-based ordering...

Improper waste management leads to the decomposition of organic waste in landfills producing a gas which is composed primarily of...

Concerns about health and climate, rather than animal welfare, appear to be behind the trend. If Google searches are any guide, interest...

Last month, the cities of Barcelona, San Diego, Boston, and Nottingham all officially declared climate emergencies. They kick off a year...