Pollution Health Impact 2017

Putting pollution in context can be difficult. Much of the conversation lately has been about global warming and long term Continue reading →

Electric Cars Get Cleaner

Electric cars sound like they’d be naturally cleaner than gas-powered cars. Stand between them and the electric is obviously cleaner, Continue reading →

Climate Change Uncovers Our Waste

An experimental US Cold War nuclear launch site was built in Greenland in 1959. It was abandoned after the US Continue reading →

Transportation Pollution Increases

Good news: Pollution from industry is down about 10% from 1990. Bad news: Transportation is about to become the biggest Continue reading →

Death By Pollution

Even if climate change wasn’t an issue, burning fossil fuels kills people. “Fossil fuels kill more people every year than Continue reading →

Eating Styrofoam Trash

Styrofoam is one of the materials piling up in landfills that can take a long time to degrade. Much of Continue reading →

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 →

Turning Smog Into Diamonds

We put carbon dioxide (and a lot more molecules) into the atmosphere. It is possible to get them back out, Continue reading →