Inside the Plastic Industry’s Battle to Win Over Hearts and Minds
2024-12-02
Documents leaked from an industry group show how plastics companies are pushing back against a “tide of anti-plastic sentiment.”Continue Reading
A fossil first: Scientists find 1.5-million-year-old footprints of two different species of human ancestors at same spot
2024-12-02
More than a million years ago, on a hot savannah teeming with wildlife near the shore of what would someday become Lake Turkana in Kenya, two completely different species of hominins may have passed each other as they scavenged for food. Scientists know this because they have examined 1.5-million-year-old fossilsContinue Reading
Harvard University Doubles Down on Emissions Reductions
2024-12-02
Will new clean energy funding on and off campus be enough to meet its ambitious climate goals? By Phil McKenna CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—Harvard University has taken two major steps toward reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, making significant investments in renewables and energy efficiency as it seeks to eliminate its use ofContinue Reading