Coral Davenport

https://www.nytimes.com - Mike Ives

HONG KONG — The World Health Organization said Tuesday that 92 percent of people breathe what it classifies as unhealthy air, in another sign that atmospheric pollution is a significant threat to global public health.

Cat DiStasio

Computer chips and offshore plants help desalinate some water supplies.

John Vidal

Study finds dirty air takes huge economic toll on poor countries and costs the world more than $5tn annually in lost work days and welfare costs

http://news.mit.edu - David L. Chandler

Electric vehicles can meet drivers’ needs enough to replace nearly 90 percent of vehicles now on the road. Could existing electric vehicles (EVs), despite their limited driving range, bring about a meaningful reduction in the greenhouse-gas emissions that are causing global climate change?

https://www.weforum.org - Anna Bruce-Lockhart

Is life on this planet getting better? When it comes to the progress of nations, how do you measure what matters most? There’s wealth, there’s health, there’s basic human freedoms.

<a href="http://oilprice.com">http://oilprice.com</a> - Juan Cole

<a href="http://www.visionofhumanity.org">http://www.visionofhumanity.org</a>

The Global Peace Index Records a Historically Less Peaceful and More Unequal World 

Magdalena Mis

Samuel Adeyemo

What do self-driving cars, the Mars rover and remote solar site assessment have in common?