Sophie Hirsh
Sophie is a New York-based journalist who loves the Earth, animals, and analyzing Taylor Swift's music.
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Joaquin Phoenix and Martin Sheen get arrested after passionate speeches at climate protest
Joaquin Phoenix and Martin Sheen were both arrested for protesting climate inaction with Jane Fonda.
Leonardo DiCaprio's Earth Alliance donates $3 million to help Australia wildfires
The Australia Wildfire Fund is a new charity to help with relief for the Australian bushfires.
Almonds Aren't the Culprit, Honey
The almond industry relies upon bees from the honey industry — just how much is that impacting our planet?
Thailand's plastic bag ban has people carrying groceries in the weirdest ways
People are getting very creative.
Impossible Foods unveils pig-free pork: here's what early taste-testers think
Impossible Foods revealed its newest product at CES: meatless pork.
Joaquin Phoenix, Russell Crowe, and more link climate crisis to Australia fires at Golden Globes
Many speeches acknowledged the climate crisis and its ties to the fires in Australia.
7 Caribbean countries are banning single-use plastic starting Jan. 1
A single-use plastic ban is going into effect in these Caribbean nations.
Australian Bushfires: Everything You Need to Know
The deadly bushfires tearing through Australia still show no signs of stopping.
Australia bushfires are fueling their own flames with fiery pyro-cumulonimbus clouds
Australian bushfires are generating pyro-cumulonimbus clouds, making it difficult to put the fires out.
Trump's border wall construction is underway in Arizona, and could make 8 species go extinct
Trump's border wall threatens wildlife all along the U.S.-Mexico border, but eight species in Arizona are already at risk.
The Queen shares her feelings on young climate activists in annual Christmas speech
In Queen Elizabeth II's Royal Christmas Message, she acknowledged the work of young climate activists.
Trump rants about windmills instead of acknowledging the climate crisis
In Donald Trump's latest speech, the president bashed windmills for accidental bird deaths instead of acknowledging the benefits of renewable energy.
New battery discovered that could eliminate the need for controversial heavy metals
The new battery does not require any toxic heavy metals.
#TeamTrees hits $20 million goal to help reforest the Earth
#TeamTrees is officially planting 20 million trees.
BTS wants to raise awareness about the climate crisis with new partnership
BTS is joining the fight for a healthy planet and clean air.
Massive methane leak at Exxon fracking well is one of the U.S.'s worst leaks on record
It took workers 20 days to plug the methane leak.
Ellen DeGeneres launches faux fur brand: “I want people to stop wearing fur"
"I want people to stop using and wearing fur, it’s that simple."
IKEA to invest $222 million in becoming a "climate positive business"
IKEA is investing $200 million euros "to speed up the transformation to become a climate positive business."
Amazon deforestation rates more than doubled this year
November marked the highest recorded rates of Amazon deforestation in years.
Donald Trump Jr. under fire for hunting an endangered sheep in Mongolia
Donald Trump Jr. obtained a hunting permit after killing the endangered animal.
Greta Thunberg has perfect response to Brazilian president calling her a "pirralha"
Greta made a simple yet bold move.
Southern Africa's Victoria Falls dries up due to climate crisis-fueled drought
Zambia's president is confident that the climate crisis has caused the tourist attraction to dry up.
Jane Goodall On the Power of "Reaching People's Hearts" as Climate Activism
"The point is to take actual action. To do your bit."
Toxic mercury concentrations found in California's coastal fog — and the area's mountain lions
The mercury is already affecting wildlife in the area.
This newspaper ad is designed to be used as holiday wrapping paper
Newspaper is a great option for zero-waste wrapping paper.
Fires across Australia flood Sydney with smoke
Sydney is covered in smoke from wildfires spreading along eastern Australia.
New climate crisis "lens" will influence New Zealand's lawmaking process
The climate crisis will guide New Zealand's lawmaking process in certain instances.
Chris Pratt and Jason Momoa bring attention to the single-use plastic crisis with Instagram conversation
Jason Momoa called Pratt out for using single-use plastic.
Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to shift the climate conversation away from Trump with new coalition
Arnold Schwarzenegger and John Kerry recently unveiled World War Zero, and explained why Trump is of no concern to the new coalition on "Meet the Press."
Minnesota governor signs executive order establishing Climate Change Subcabinet
Gov. Tim Walz formed a Climate Change Subcabinet this week.
Scientists engineer E. coli bacteria to absorb CO2
Scientists have engineered a strain of E. coli bacteria to absorb CO2, which could help reduce the GHG from the atmosphere.
Santa Barbara wildfire has burned 4,300 acres and is still not contained
Santa Barbara, Calif. is being ravaged by a wildfire, known as the Cave Fire.
Borneo's final Sumatran rhino dies, brings species to extinction in Malaysia
Malaysia has declared Sumatran rhinos completely extinct.
Animal cruelty is officially a nationwide felony
On Monday, Nov. 25, Trump signed the bipartisan Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act into law, making it federally illegal to engage in cruelty to animals.
CO2 in atmosphere reaches all-time high, making Paris Agreement goals more and more distant
Global greenhouse gas emissions are steadily rising.
Why climate protesters interrupted the Harvard-Yale football game
Climate activists interrupted the annual Harvard-Yale football game to demand the universities divest from fossil fuel investments.
"Climate emergency" is the Word of the Year, because this is more than just climate change
Oxford Dictionaries agrees: it's a climate emergency.
NYC prepares for the climate crisis by flooding subway entrances
New Yorkers are used to seeing pretty weird things on the subway... but this?
Just one question dedicated to climate crisis at November Democratic debate — and it got heated
The Democratic presidential debate on Nov. 20 dedicated just one question to the climate crisis.
Coldplay puts off touring new album to plan carbon neutral tour with a "positive impact"
"I will try to fix you." — Coldplay, to the Earth.
Major U.K. supermarkets ban hard-to-recycle black plastic
Black plastic is notoriously difficult to recycle.
Endangered animals in the U.S. will have trouble adapting to the climate crisis, study finds
Almost all endangered animals in the U.S. will struggle to adapt to the climate crisis.
Why eco warrior Jane Fonda just quit shopping
Jane Fonda's red peacoat is the last piece of clothing she will ever buy.
Amazon rainforest deforestation just reached alarming new heights
Many environmentalists are blaming the sharp rise on Bolsonaro's administration.
Beautiful Copenhagen urban space designed around 2,000 bicycle parking spots
50 percent of Copenhagen residents bike on their daily commute.
Dunkin' is officially dumping styrofoam cups in a "conscious un-cup-ling"
Dunkin' is bidding adieu to styrofoam cups in a "conscious un-cup-ling."
Maybe don't return anything online this holiday season
Online returns are terrible for the planet.
Jane Fonda arrested 3 weeks in a row for climate protests, this time with Ted Danson
Jane Fonda has nothing to lose.
Venice floods cause mayor to declare state of emergency: "These are the effects of climate change"
Venice is experiencing the worst floods the city has seen in more than 50 years.
Elizabeth Warren would put lying fossil fuel executives in jail under new presidential proposal
Sen. Elizabeth Warren isn't holding anything back when it comes to holding the country's biggest polluters accountable.