Pollute Less To Grow Economies

Pollution has been accepted as a consequence of growth. The logic has been that to reduce pollution would be to Continue reading →

Nuclear Waste Sinks Into Pacific

Mistakes were made. Nuclear bomb testing in the South Pacific didn’t always produce a successful explosion. That was why they Continue reading →

Data That Matters June 2015

The poorest 40% of Americans have negative net worth. Since June 2010, the four biggest coal companies have gone from Continue reading →

Renewables Are Winning

Wind and solar energy installations are accelerating. In the next 25 years, 60% of new power generation facilities will be Continue reading →

Mass Extinction Number Six

Species either evolve or become extinct. Extinctions happen all the time, but in the planet’s history there have been five Continue reading →

The Greener The People The Cleaner The Air

It may sound like a Duh! moment, but data is now proving that stronger environmental restrictions do clean the air, Continue reading →

Fossil Fuel Subsidies

The International Monetary Fund released a draft report on how much governments subsidize fossil fuels, both extraction and remediation. The Continue reading →

Cleaning Coal Is Expensive

In the last few decades we progressed from coal companies worrying about mining but not about cleanup, to ensuring they Continue reading →