#pollution


# science    

why polluters want the epa to ignore over 1,400 deaths per year

Polluters have two ways of cleaning up their act. They can pollute less and diversify into renewables, or pretend they're not actually causing illness and deaths. Guess which they prefer.
why polluters want the epa to ignore over 1,400 deaths per year

# politics    

republicans declare legislative war on wind in spite of their own voters

Republican voters may cherry pick the science of climate change, but they love green energy in their backyards. So why are the lawmakers they elect trying to kill it?
republicans declare legislative war on wind in spite of their own voters

how do we clean up the world's massive plastic waste problem?

Environmental groups have been ringing the alarm about plastic waste filling oceans and landfills for decades, and the general public is finally paying attention. But do we have real solutions to this problem?
how do we clean up the world's massive plastic waste problem?

how pollution is turning men sterile

Male sperm counts across the world are in freefall and solving their problem will be difficult, especially because those who could help us most, don't want to...
how pollution is turning men sterile

why your beer is safe from global warming. for now...

The beer industry has a plan to keep their product affordable in spite of climate change. But they're not the only ones having to come up with climate mitigation plans to stay in business.
why your beer is safe from global warming. for now...

why the earth won't remember us fondly

Scientists are debating how humanity will be remembered millions of years from now and it won't be by our sprawling cities and historical sites. It will be by our pollution, garbage, and weapons.
why the earth won't remember us fondly

pollution denial, the hot new trend ready to kill you for a quick profit

Fossil fuel lobbyists are ready to give you asthma, COPD, and even lung cancer if it means they and their clients can make an extra dollar.
pollution denial, the hot new trend ready to kill you for a quick profit

# science    

when everybody is a climate scientist…

Global warming deniers demonstrate that a little bit of knowledge mixed with lots of willful obfuscation is a very dangerous and unreasonable thing.
when everybody is a climate scientist…