Back in October of 2016, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists did an interview with researcher Richard Heede, who had just completed a dozen years’ work to pin down the exact carbon […]
Life After Warming: Why Al Gore Thinks There’s Still Hope for the Planet
By David Wallace-Wells It would probably have been tempting, talking to Al Gore at any point over the 18 years — after 9/11, in the lead-up to the invasion of […]
De-Plasticizing the Planet?
De-Plasticizing the Planet: The Fight is On So China doesn’t want our plastics any more. Parts of India now ban the use of plastic bags, as do a gowing number […]
Tantalising vision of return to blue skies
China is notorious for its air pollution, yet behind the scenes authorities are pouring hundreds of billions of US dollars into renewable energy. As much as Chinese authorities need resolve to […]
UK plans to stop sale of all diesel, petrol cars
Rising pollution and poor air quality have prompted the draft legislation. The UK government has outlined plans to prevent the sale of all new petrol and diesel cars by 2040. […]