Air Pollution From Farms

Smokestacks are easy targets for pollution stories, and air pollution is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths worldwide. Farming Continue reading →

Too Big To Prosecute

During the Great Recession, many institutions were propped up financially because they were considered to be too big to fail. Continue reading →

Charitable Land Mine Extraction

One source for optimism is the impressive efforts people make to rectify past human threats. Land mines kill long after Continue reading →

Multi-Material 3-D Printing

It may seem like a small improvement, but the ability to 3-D print with more than one material greatly expands Continue reading →

Progress On Poverty In The US

Is America making progress against poverty? The short answer is, “No.” The slightly longer answer is, “Yes, sort of.” In Continue reading →

August And 2015 Climate Records

In many measures, we just set a series of climate records: for August, for the summer/winter (depending on hemisphere), and Continue reading →

US Living Wage Map

In the discussion between minimum wage and living wage it is helpful to see the regional variations. Fortunately, someone put Continue reading →

China Growth Slows And Slumps

China’s stock market continues to fall, but has only recently returned to levels from last year. The cause of concern Continue reading →