by Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Environmental hazards
Our lungs are amazing things. Impossibly delicate structures of tissue capable of carrying both air and blood, allowing vapor exchange between the two. In structure, they resemble the branches of an upside-down tree, with the uncountable alveoli, the points of...
by Admin | Oct 5, 2020 | Climate Change, Conservation, Green Energy
The United Kingdom hasn’t made any hard commitments yet, but officials are discussing a chain of new clean energy policies. These policies are all tied into the idea of a “green” recovery for the British economy after the ravages of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of them...
by Admin | Aug 24, 2020 | Information, Resources, Sustainability
IKEA, the world’s largest furniture distributor, hasn’t let the death of its founder put it off its game. In a statement that would make the late Ingvar Kamprad proud, the company announced that in 2019, over 70 percent of all materials used to make its products were...
by Admin | Jul 3, 2020 | Business, Green Energy
In Britain, the dark cloud of the COVID-19 crisis has had one notable silver lining; under the reduced energy load of a population in lockdown, the country has gone without using coal-generated energy for more than two months. With energy-hungry industrial and...
by Admin | Jun 26, 2020 | Environmental hazards, Sustainability
“Climate change is a killer, but we don’t acknowledge it on death certificates.” This quote, from Dr. Arnagretta Hunter, a professor at Australian National University’s Medical School, is a stark stab supported by the findings of expert analysis of over a...