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More people have become aware of the negative impact of fast fashion on the environment, such as polluted water, use of water and energy, greenhouse gas emissions, textile waste in landfills and microfibre debris in oceans. To save the environment, some people decide to buy fewer clothes.

Using higher blends of ethanol is the kind of innovative solution we need now to address our energy and environmental challenges together.

Almost all buildings today are built using similar conventional technologies and manufacturing and construction processes. These processes use a lot of energy and produce huge carbon emissions.

Governments reap benefits from urban growth, councils don't. Solving this growth-stymying conflict is going to need more than RMA reform, writes Dr Eric Crampton

A likely threatened species habitat the size of the Gold Coast may have been illegally cleared in Queensland without any consequence, a report says.

When nine-year-old Naza Alakija left Iran with her mother, they were stopped by morality police because she was not wearing a hijab. The experience made her aware of her body at a young age. As an adult, Alakija founded the SAGE foundation, an NGO dedicated to education, women's empowerment and…

Even if the Natural and Built Environment Bill repackages Resource Management Act red tape as green tape, will it deliver positive outcomes for the environment?

The Ontario government recently proposed a new bill, the More Homes Built Faster Act, or Bill 23. This bill contains some positive elements, like the removal of duplicate plan approval requirements and adding measures aimed at increasing urban density and housing mix.

The U.S. government has taken a step toward approving the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest

SALINAS, Calif. — In a decision that sheds harsh light on the state’s commitment to environmental justice amid growing drought anxiety, the California Coastal Commission has granted conditional approval to a controversial Monterey Bay desalination project that even the commission’s own staff said would unfairly burden a historically underserved community.

Leading businesses are adopting environment, social and corporate governance (ESG) practices, in line with government efforts to protect the environment and build a sustainable society.