• Google Street View Cars Will Help With Air Quality in London

    Google Street View Cars Will Help With Air Quality in London

    If you’ve ever been to London, then you are likely aware that the air quality is extremely poor.  When I landed there, I could barely breathe.  Call me dramatic, if you must, but there is nothing filtering the polluted air that’s going into my nose and lungs.  While that was many years ago now, Mayor…

  • Scientists May Have Discovered A Solution for the Plastics Problem

    Scientists May Have Discovered A Solution for the Plastics Problem

    There are research teams around the world, dedicated to finding a solution for the growing plastic pollution crisis.  This is great news, but what’s interesting is that researchers may have “stumbled” upon the solution by accident.  Researchers studying a newly-discovered bacterium found that, with a few tweaks, the bug can be turned into a mutant…

  • The EPA to Rollback Obama-era Environmental Protections

    The EPA to Rollback Obama-era Environmental Protections

    While Barack Obama was president (remember that glorious time?), the EPA instituted a set of goals for automakers.  These goals were intended to improve vehicle efficiency and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  The terms had stated that companies have until 2025 to get their fuel efficiencies up to a fleet average of 51.4 miles per…