Environment
- Plastic use increases, appearance in the environment decreases – [Economist]
- Correlation (not causation) with climate change and bee pollenation – [CBC]
- After loads of data, the verdict on Bisphenol-A is still out – [NYT]
- Opinion: If the world is going to hell, why are humans doing so well? – [Scientific American]
- Oilsands water toxins natural, monitor says – [CBC]
- Bjorn Lomborg – climate change is a problem after all - [New Scientist]
- $300 oil in a decade? – [Jim Harris National Post]
- Europe’s brisk energy transition – [NYT]
Food
- Why you should be skeptical of food riots - [ChrisBlattman]
- At a dumpster diver’s feast in Brooklyn – [NYT]
- New technology needed to feed the world in 2050 – [CBC]
Miscellanium
- Money can buy you happiness, up to $75,000 – [New Scientist]
- How pandhandlers spend money – [Star]
- Filling up prisons without fighting crime – [BoingBoing]
- What is it about 20 somethings and why are they taking so long to grow up? – [NYT]
