Read the full story at The Conversation. Due to their decreasing costs, lithium-ion batteries now dominate a range of applications including electric vehicles, computers and consumer electronics.
Day: February 26, 2019
Solving the plastic pollution crisis requires focus on another ‘R’ — responsibility
Read the full story in GreenBiz. By emphasizing recyclability and recycling over reduction and elimination of plastic waste, major companies are still ducking their responsibility
A tipping point on climate change
Read the full story at Axios. We’re at the beginning of a make-or-break period to confront global warming. A combination of forces, from dire scientific
Superfund: EPA Should Improve the Reliability of Data on National Priorities List Sites Affecting Indian Tribes
Download the document. What GAO Found The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not have reliable data identifying National Priorities List (NPL) sites that are located
Citizen Science Comes of Age
Read the full story in Hakai. Increasingly, scientists are relying on data gathered by volunteers to make their research happen.
New Jersey Said 10 Years Ago It Would Rank Its Most Contaminated Sites. It Never Did.
Read the full story in ProPublica. The rankings were supposed to ensure that the most dangerous sites remained a priority even as the state gave
