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UN Report Finds Fossil Fuel Reduction Goals Aren’t Met
Nations across the globe have made pledges under the Paris Agreement to limit fossil fuel emissions to a level consistent with keeping global warming between 1.5°C and 2°C. The recently released UN Production Gap Report found those pledges are not being met with...

Plastics: An Ocean Sized Problem
The planet’s oceans are under siege. Increasing acidification is joining forces with other climate change impacts such as warmer ocean water, melting ice cover and a decrease in oceanic oxygen to increasingly harm marine life. These are all big picture issues that are...

Take Action for Rainforests
The time is now to take action for the vital rainforests on our planet. In 2017, Rainforest Partnership launched the inaugural World Rainforest Day as a collaborative effort to raise awareness and motivate the public to save one of the Earth’s most precious resources,...

Reed Sternberg Interviews: Earthx2019
Listen to these podcasts and learn from Reed Sternberg's interviews at Earthx2019. Coast Watch Alliance's Deanna Richburg and Brad Riffe Texas Native Cats' Monica Morrison Plant with Purpose's Scott Sabin Rainforest Trust's Beth Bush Project Hollow Scene's Russ Ronat...
Podcasts: EarthX Founder Trammell S. Crow on Aaron Perry’s “Y on Earth”
In this episode, EarthX founder Trammell S. Crow converses with Aaron Perry and Joanie Klar (Global Advisory Board member for the Y on Earth Community) about his Texas-style “Conservative Conservation,” which he considers an...

EPA Celebrates Children’s Health Month
During October, the Environmental Protection Agency celebrated “Children’s Health Month.” The celebration included an updated report on children’s health and the environment and a number of initiatives, such as addressing lead in kid’s drinking water, highlighted by...

Reed Sternberg Interviews: Earthx2019
Hear Reed Sternberg of EarthX interview several colleagues at Earthx2019. Topics include wildlife conservation, clean capitalism, and preservation of the biosphere. Sally Coxe of The Bonobo Conservation Initiative Iñigo Orvañanos of EDUCA Rod Richardson of The Clean...

Methane: The Quiet Greenhouse Gas
When the climate change discussion turns to greenhouse gasses, carbon dioxide (CO2) tends to dominate the headlines and generally suck the air out of the room. And rightfully so since according to the Environmental Protection Agency it accounted for 82% of U.S....

Forests and the Furniture Industry
Everyone interested in saving the planet understands the importance of forests around the world. Forests cover 30% of the Earth’s land area and store 293 billion tons of carbon in their biomass. And people interested in environmental issues are becoming increasingly...

Trammell S. Crow and Tony Keane of EarthX Discuss the Future of Sustainability
The founder of EarthX, Trammell S. Crow, and its CEO Tony Keane converse on how far EarthX has come since its inception and the future of sustainable development. Listen here.