Japan announced on Tuesday, April 13, that it intends to release more than one million tons of treated wastewater from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean. On March 11, 2011, three of the four nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plant experienced...
As North Americans and Europeans get vaccinated against COVID-19 in ever growing numbers, the stunning inequality in the global distribution of the vaccine is becoming clearer. While the U.S., Europe, Israel, and a handful of other wealthy nations have at least...
Derek Chauvin – the Minneapolis cop who choked George Floyd to death last May – has been on trial since the beginning of April. The trial is now in its final stages. The prosecution called scores of witnesses to make their case. A paramedic who was one of the first to...
The Supreme Court has recently begun hearing a case that has reignited a debate around whether college athletes should be paid or not. Under current laws, the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA), which is the institution that organizes college athletics,...
Last month a new record of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration was measured at 420 parts per million — the highest ever recorded. This marks the first time in recorded history where CO2 emissions are 50% more than they were before industrialization. Though...
