Why Carbon Capture Can’t Conceivably Solve Climate Change

As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound practical, there is no conceivable way it can work.

Court Inquiry Denounces “Disturbing Pattern” of Violations at Arizona’s Largest Sheriff’s Office

A court inquiry alleges that top leaders at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office undermined efforts to comply with mandated reforms brought on by a long-running racial profiling lawsuit and settlement.

Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges, ” guided climate discourse for a generation.

What prediction markets don't get about truth, and football

Who will make it to the World Cup final? When will the United States confirm that aliens exist? Will temperatures in Japan be higher than 30C next Tue

The drag artists defying queerphobia in the South Caucasus

This year’s ILGA report on LGBTQ+ rights in Europe is out, and the South Caucasus – Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia – sits at the very bottom. Alongs

The Left Is Unstoppable, According to Republicans

Socialist victories in New York inspired a mixture of panic among some on the right, while Trump delighted in the downfall of Rep. Dan Goldman.

This island in the Great Lakes wants to tap waves for energy

Hydrokinetic energy from the waves surrounding Beaver Island could improve electricity reliability and push an emerging technology forward.

After a civil rights complaint, Chicago built the nation’s largest air monitoring network

As extreme heat reshapes air quality, the network of 227 monitors is expected to help identify localized pollution hot spots.