By Lindsey Blomberg Dear EarthTalk: What are some ways Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to fight climate change and otherwise protect the environment? — David James, Chico, CA Artificial Intelligence (AI), defined as the capability of machines to imitate intelligent human behavior and learn from data, is considered by many to be the final ⇒

By Doug Moss and Roddy Scheer Dear EarthTalk: I drink a lot of coffee and I’m wondering how bad this is for the environment? And how I can make sure I’m feeding my 3-cup-a-day habit in the greenest way possible? – Denny Mahon, Worcester, MA About half of Americans over age 18 (some 150 million of ⇒

Today Greenpeace launches a global campaign spanning five continents to shrink Coca-Cola’s plastic footprint. Earlier this year, a Greenpeace UK report revealed the scale of plastic pollution from the biggest soft drinks company in the world. Despite plastic bottles forming a major source of ocean plastic pollution, Coca-Cola failed to disclose key information for Greenpeace’s ⇒

By Sylvain Charlebois Troy Media Fall is always a good time to create new habits, including coffee consumption. And coffee chains are always looking for ways to get you to drink their java. But the coffee industry faces big changes. For restaurant operators, there’s no better hook than coffee to get repeat business. Most recently, ⇒

By Mart D. Sambalud DavaoToday.com DAVAO CITY–The speedy confirmation of Roy Cimatu as the secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) only confirms that he is “the right man for big business plunderers and polluters,” an environmental group said. Clemente Bautista, national coordinator of the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan ⇒

EarthTalk® Dear EarthTalk: Do you have any recommendations for vegan health and beauty products?– Janice T., Brooklyn, NY The problem with many common personal care items is the toxic load they bear. According to researchers from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), one in eight of the 50,000+ ingredients used in many of our favorite lotions, ⇒

WORLD EARTH DAY Number of operating metallic mines increased significantly from 28 to 41 from 2010 to 2013, increasing even further to 46 within the first 9 months of 2014 On World Earth Day, research group IBON called on government to stop large-scale mining and junk its export-oriented mining policy to ensure the welfare of ⇒

Nang lumabas ang panawagan na mag-resign si Aquino pagkatapos ng masaklap na pangyayari sa Mamasapano, isa ang Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment sa sumama at nagtambol ng makasaysayang hamong ito. Noong ika-3 ng Marso, sa ika-20 anibersaryo ng subok na anti-mamamayan at anti-kalikasan patakarang Mining Act of 1995, malakas na isinigaw ng Kalikasan PNE, ⇒

EarthTalk® Dear EarthTalk: What is the best way to measure how close we are to the dreaded “point of no return” with climate change? In other words, when do we think we will have gone too far? –David Johnston, via EarthTalk.org While we may not yet have reached the “point of no return”—when no amount ⇒

By Kumi Naidoo As Typhoon Hagupit hits the Philippines, one of the biggest peacetime evacuations in history has been launched to prevent a repeat of the massive loss of life which devastated communities when Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the same area just over a year ago. “One of the biggest evacuations in peacetime” strikes a ⇒