Data That Matters April 2017

Renewable energy has doubled in ten years with 161GW added in 2016. US productivity dropped by 0.2%, possibly through reduced Continue reading →

Building Bricks From Trash

A trash compactor has been developed that turns trash into bricks. It is a self-contained and self-powered (if necessary) unit Continue reading →

Bugs Eating Plastic

As pollution, plastic is amazingly persistent. It is meant to last, but ironically, we typically use it for throw-away items. Continue reading →

Zero Coal Burned In UK

It can be argued that the Industrial Revolution began in the British Isles, largely because of the availability of coal. Continue reading →

Data That Matters March 2017

About 827,000 people in the US have jobs as delivery drivers. Ford is planning to launch a fleet of driverless Continue reading →

Record CO2 Levels Again

“The CO2 measured at the Mauna Loa Baseline Atmospheric Observatory in Hawaii hit 405.1 parts per million last year, the Continue reading →

Data That Matters February 2017

The cause of the Great Recession was more likely rich foreclosures than poor ones because debt increased $1.6T for the Continue reading →

Extinctions Threaten Half By 2100

Currently, 20% of species are at some threat of extinction. The number is increasing rapidly enough to suggest that by Continue reading →