International Statistic Of The Year – 90.5% Of All Plastics Aren’t Recycled
From The Conversation:
This year, I served on the judging panel for The Royal Statistical Society’s International Statistic of the Year.
On Dec. 18, we announced the...
The Guardian’s Concrete Screed – Entirely Missing The Point About CO2
The Guardian is treating us to an entire week's worth of stories about how evil concrete is. It paves over the land the bugs...
Iceland’s Palm Oil Ad And Policy – Environmentally Destructive Posturing, No More
Iceland has pulled off something of a marketing coup - it's managed to get us all watching that old Greenpeace video without having to...
The Ten Existential Threats To Humanity – Free Speech Is One Apparently
There's a report out from Australia about how everything's going to pot, we're all gonna die (Aieeee!) and shouldn't we do something about it?
the...
The Scrubbers Are Failing
In the film Apollo 13, a loss of oxygen causes the crew to start inadvertently poisoning themselves with their exhalations.
The engineers back on earth...
Fido Will Be Fine – Dog Food Made From Insects Arrives
Given the fine and delicate nature of the average dog's tastebuds this new form of dog food - made from insects - will do...
Why Do None Of These Pieces Fit?
People who care deeply about climate change think it is the defining issue of our times, and insist that everything else should be examined...
Trump Admin’s Quite Right – Reclassify Nuclear Waste To Leave It In The Ground
The Trump Administration is considering a rule change - some high level nuclear waste should no longer be considered to be high level nuclear...
The Absurdity Of Cuadrilla’s Fracking And 0.4 Earthquakes Near Blackpool
Whether or not fracking is a good idea is entirely up to you - around here we think it's a great one. For we...
George Monbiot Wants To Make Civilisation An International Crime Against Humanity
On the surface this doesn't appear to be all that bad an idea. Why shouldn't ecocide be a crime in international law, be classified...