Less Cancer In California

The health impacts of pollution are hard to track. Changes in pollution can take years to show up as changes Continue reading →

Data That Matters September 2015

European Youth Unemployment is as high as 50%. $30T of fossil fuels are effectively worthless, dramatically decreasing corporate assets. 75% 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 →

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 →

Minimum Versus Living Wage

It is easy to assume that the minimum wage would also be the limit defining a bare-subsistence living wage. A Continue reading →

US Health Care Costs Decline

US health care costs continue to rise, but much more slowly than before; and, if the trend continues, could actually Continue reading →

New DNA Invented

If you’re worried about GMOs, prepare yourself for something more powerful and unnatural. Biotech relies on understanding biology, chemistry, and Continue reading →

Preventable Deaths

It is easy to focus on the ailments displayed in the ads. Heart, head, and lung diseases kill many people Continue reading →