In the realm of consumer safety, minimum standards form a critical safety net that allows businesses and regulators alike with necessary guidelines. From our food and medicines, railroad tracks to bicycle helmets, crayons to cribs,…
Great Barrier Reef outlook very poor, Australia says
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption The Great Barrier Reef's condition is deteriorating due to climate change The Great Barrier Reef's outlook has been officially downgraded from poor to very poor due to climate change.…
Charlotte’s Web Original Formula and 60mg: What’s the…
Our 60mg CBD extract (previously called Maximum Strength) is our highest level of CBD concentration. This CBD tincture was previously sold exclusively in retail stores and now it’s online! A fan favorite, we’re happy that…
Our Food Systems Need Transformation
Climate Change, Development & Aid, Economy & Trade, Environment, Featured, Food & Agriculture, Global, Headlines, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian Emergencies, Inequity, Natural Resources, Poverty & SDGs, TerraViva United Nations Opinion Zoltán Kálmán is Permanent Representative…
“We have cut them all: Ghana struggles to…
Deforestation of Ghana’s primary forests jumped 60 percent between 2017 and 2018 – the biggest jump of any tropical country. Most of this occurred in the country’s protected areas, including its forest reserves. A Mongabay…
Amazon fires: Brazil bans land clearance blazes for…
Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption"It's extremely upsetting... to see this kind of devastation" - the BBC's Will Grant flew over northern Rondonia stateBrazil has banned setting fires to clear land for…
CITES: Sharks and ivory leave delegates divided
After two weeks of wrangling over everything from African elephants to tiny glass frogs, from cute otters to tasty sharks, CITES has ended with divisions over how to protect endangered species as entrenched as ever.…
Climate change: Big lifestyle changes needed to cut…
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption We need to change our behaviours and our lifestyles, says Sir Ian People must use less transport, eat less red meat and buy fewer clothes if the UK is…
Wind farms: climate protection vs. nature protection
Mining for coal, fracking for gas and drilling for oil have all becoming increasingly synonymous with environmental action, protest and confrontation. But renewables can also be highly contentious — even among the eco-minded. Speaking about plans…