climate change When Companies Promise to Plant Trees, Blockchain Could Ensure They Do The technology that powers cryptocurrency can also be used to verify where trees were planted, their vital signs and their carbon offset — and that could make companies less likely to stretch the truth about their climate efforts.
blockchain This Startup is Using the Blockchain to Track Trees and Help the Climate Proponents of blockchain, the technology that powers cryptocurrency and NFTs, say it could also be useful in verifying that a climate promise actually came to fruition. Say a company promises to plant 10,000 trees: they want to make sure the trees are actually planted, that no one else is taking credit for them, and that the tree has a healthy...
fast food Recycling Your Taco Bell Sauce Packets and More Ways to Make Fast Food Sustainable A company called TerraCycle has partnered with Taco Bell on a sauce packet recycling program, but that's just one step that's needed to make fast food more sustainable
fast food Is It Possible to Make Fast Food Sustainable? Your fast food burger and fries comes with a supersized environmental price tag. From the methane emissions created by the beef industry to the sauce packets that get dumped into landfills, there are a number of reasons why fast food is hard on the planet. Here are some ways you can make a difference — starting by changing what you order.
food How Does Lab-Grown Salmon Taste? Pretty Close to Fresh-Caught Overfishing and climate change are causing trouble for the world’s salmon population in oceans and rivers – but what if your salmon didn’t need to be fished or farmed? Wildtype is using “cellular agriculture” to grow sushi-grade cuts of salmon and help fisheries recover. Co-founders Aryé Elfenbein and Justin Kolbeck joined LX News to explain how it works.
drought A ‘Megadrought' Unrivaled in 1,200 Years is Challenging the American West The last time a drought of this magnitude hit the American west, it was 800 A.D. Charlemagne was reigning as Holy Roman Emperor over in Europe. NBCLX climate storyteller Chase Cain shows you how climate change led to the current “megadrought” and how it is impacting farmers.
wildlife This ‘Little Bat Hospital' Cares For Up to 100 Bats at a Time The Austin Bat Refuge in Texas takes care of “orphaned, injured and displaced bats” and nurses them back to health. “We’re kind of like a little bat hospital,” says Lee Mackenzie, who runs the refuge with his wife Diane Odegard. Greg Bledsoe takes his Family Geography Project to Austin to learn more about wild bats and the threats they...
rebound Flooding, Wildfires on the Rise but Are Homeowners Paying Attention? High risk areas remain popular with buyers even as homes become more vulnerable
rebound Why Climate Change Is Going to Make It Even Harder to Find Affordable Housing Americans are already facing a shortage of 4 million housing units, but climate change is going to make it a whole lot worse. Real estate experts say climate threats will make it harder to afford to live in cities across the U.S. as wildfires, foods and storms turn up the pressure on an already unsustainable housing market.
earth week Climate Change vs. Global Warming: What's the Difference Between the Terms? Even with climate change dominating headlines, you may still be confused about some key terms and concepts. What exactly is climate change and how is it different from global warming and weather? LX News Now host Nik Z breaks it down.
