Is Pollution a Sin? How Many Americans Does Air Pollution Kill?

Email from a subscriber: 1.) Is pollution a sin or is it just unavoidable in our lives? How many things actually “pollute?” I struggle to say that pollution is a sin (as I’ve read from others) because there are many in the world who can’t afford the technologies that we have and I don’t think […]

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Fossil fuels help India overcome air pollution illnesses, deaths

This month, the Indian government announced its annual budget, an event that interests 1.3 billion people. The budget once again makes it clear that the government is pro-fossil fuels. India will continue making historic investments in the natural gas sector and prioritizing key measures to strengthen domestic gas supply for households. What many in the

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Fracking’s Safety

Ken Cohen at ExxonMobil has just published an article summarizing some of the basic things we know about the safety of “fracking” (hydraulic fracturing in drilling for oil and natural gas). The gist: It’s not a significant source of either air or water pollution, and its record, good from the start, has been improving consistently.

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