NPR’s Planet Money recently released an episode where they tell the story of how big plastic companies convinced the public to recycle more. At that…
Tag: environment
Coal Produces More Radioactive Contamination Than Nuclear Energy
The Scientific American has an interesting article: “Coal Ash Is More Radioactive Than Nuclear Waste“. Coal is known to kill thousands of people a year….
The Environmental Impact of Food
Our World in Data has an article with a series of very interesting graphics about the environmental impact of food, such as this one: The…
The World Is Greener Now Than 20 Years Ago
Link of the day: NASA Says Earth Is Greener Today Than 20 Years Ago Thanks To China, India In contrast to the perception of China…
Monday, 23.03.2020 – How Cars Conquered Cities
Link of the day: Did Cars Save Our Cities From Horses? There is an interesting story that cars helped to make cities much cleaner in…
Sunday, 22.03.2020 – Rethinking Aviation
Link of the day: Why did the half-plane, half-helicopter not work? For quite a while now I have been thinking about green air travel. The…
Monday, 09.03.2020 – China’s Economic Slowdown And Effects On The Environment
Link of the day: Airborne Nitrogen Dioxide Plummets Over China NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) pollution monitoring satellites have detected significant decreases in nitrogen…
Your Green Electricity Might Not Be As Green As You Think
Most energy suppliers nowadays offer green energy. In many if not most cases however, this does not mean what consumers would usually think it does…
Thursday, 13.02.2020 – How Climate Change Harms The Fossil Fuel Industry
Link of the day: Energy Markets Need Winter, and Climate Change Is Taking It Away Oh the irony. The global fossil fuel industry relies heavily…
Tuesday, 11.02.2020 – Scotland On Track to Reach 100% Renewable Energy in 2020
Link of the day: Scotland On Track to Reach 100% Renewable Energy in 2020. Also: Wikipedia on this Scotland was at over 74% in 2018…