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What we're doing Right
Searching for a substitute
15th March 2010
Polycarbonate plastics made with bisphenol-a (BPA) have a myriad number of uses for good reason. Hard, clear, heat and shatter-resistant, they are invaluable – but also controversial. So chemists are cleverly crafting alternatives.
What we're doing Wrong
Death by a thousand cuts
8th December 2009
The tar sands make billions in profits, but little trickles down to monitor the water it affects
Why it matters
Editorial: Toxic planet
1st October 2009
Melting ice-caps and rising sea-levels tell us the writing is on the wall. But the poisons in our bodies tell us that it is also written in our blood. The air, water, land – and consequently our bodies – are suffused with deadly chemicals. The solution to toxic pollution, like climate change, is not technology but sustainability.
What we're doing Right
Capturing new colours
25th October 2008
“Solid-state solar panels are going the way of the dodo”
What we're doing Wrong
Green jobs
11th October 2008
A UN report says an investment of $630-billion – just shy of the $700-billion U.S. rescue package – through to 2030 could create at least 20 million jobs in the renewable-energy sector. “Imagine if some of those stimulus packages could be targeted towards not maintaining the old economy of the 20th century but investing in the new economy of the 21st century.”
What we're doing Right
Colourful bacteria put the spotlight on pollution
20th September 2008
Bacteria engineered to change colour in response to specific chemical pollutants would be much cheaper, easier, cleaner and safer than chemical detectors
What we're doing Wrong
“Scientific whaling”
6th September 2008
Japan’s “scientific whaling” program amounts to the “prostitution of science – using science as an excuse to kill whales.”
What we're doing Right
Fuel for the hydrogen economy
26th August 2008
Cheaper and more effective hydrogen fuel cells made without platinum
What we're doing Right
Street heat
23rd August 2008
Copper pipes laced through hot city pavements could generate more electricity than solar panels
What we're doing Right
Mercury mop-up
12th July 2008
New material dampens the danger of mercury in energy efficient bulbs