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More Greenways, Fewer Freeways

Greenways are bike paths that serve as car-free ways to navigate cities. The infrastructure bill could help build more of them.

One Cool Thing: UAE Launches Cloud-Zapping Drones

July 27, 2021

The United Arab Emirates has developed a new solution to mitigate heatwaves and drought. Cloud-zapping drones could be the key to manufacturing rainfall, and testing has already begun. Previous methods of cloud-seeding using salt flares have raised questions about environmental safety, but this new method doesn’t use chemicals. Instead, it zaps clouds with electricity, triggering rain production. Cloud-seeding has been employed in the […]

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Drought Threatens Trout Fishing in U.S. Northwest

July 27, 2021

by Natasha Lasky, ODP Staff Writer Rivers and lakes across Northwestern states — from Yellowstone to Montana — have lost most of their trout, due to extreme drought conditions. Because of this, state authorities have implemented a variety of restrictions to preserve their dwindling trout populations, leaving recreational fly fishers in the lurch. Why This […]

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EU Climate Policy: An Updated Carbon Market

July 26, 2021

By Ashira Morris, ODP Staff Writer Taken together, the European Union’s 27 countries are the #4 carbon emitter globally. The recently released “Fit for 55” package spells out how, exactly, the bloc will go from its current output to hitting its goal of climate neutrality by 2050. One of the biggest proposed changes is an […]

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Meeting Paris Goals Will Create Green Jobs

July 26, 2021

Researchers recently conducted an analysis of how trying to meet the Paris Agreement targets would affect energy jobs in 50 countries. They found that action to reach the targets would increase net jobs by about 8 million by 2050, primarily due to gains in the solar and wind industries. Why This Matters: An estimated 18 […]

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