Last August, a massive explosion at a chemical storage facility rocked the Chinese port of Tianjin, killing more than one hundred people and spewing an untold amount of toxic sodium cyanide into the environment. Despite the debacle, Beijing plans to build a new portable reactor that can float. Authorities attempted to undermine the severity of the […]

Both state and federal regulatory agencies failed the people of Flint, Michigan, by declining to take action after discovering the presence of high levels of lead in the community’s water supply. As a result, Susan Hedman, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s top Midwest official, has been forced to resign, with February 1, 2016, marking her […]

A massive ongoing gas leak in southern California is being compared to the 2011 Fukushima disaster. A recently declassified US government report found that the Fukushima catastrophe was far worse than had been originally reported, prompting many to wonder how severe the California gas leak really is. Methane, a greenhouse gas 70 times stronger than […]

“After your Carnival cruise, you’ll return home with oversized memories of amazing experiences in hugely fun destinations, one of which is the ship itself. Memories this big are made to be shared.”[1] This colorful marketing ploy plastered on Carnival Corporation’s website is what the world’s most popular cruise ship company is using to attract customers. […]