AJ Dellinger

The video game industry is growing, both in profits and who it serves. Consumers spent more than $43 billion on gaming in 2018 in the United States alone, and it's projected they will spend as much as $230 billion by 2022. As the industry continues…

When the Trump administration ends — whether that be in 12 months, five years or, god forbid, longer than that somehow — one of its lasting legacies will be the dismantling of environmental protections. The latest part of the country to be opened up…

Coca-Cola is one of the biggest producers of single-use plastic in the world. While many corporations are starting to recognize their role in the degradation of the planet's health, Coca-Cola doesn't appear to be as serious about undoing its bad…

Asylum seekers can typically appeal for sanctuary from any number of concerns, typically relating to a credible fear that they may be persecuted in their home country. Now, thanks to a landmark decision made by the United Nations Human Rights…

Between 1955 and 2005, while people around the world were cooling their homes they were also heating the planet. A study published in Nature Climate Change this week found that for half a century, our refrigerators and air conditioners pumped…

The photos you post on social media, the videos that you upload to sites like YouTube and Vimeo — it isn't just your friends who are looking at them. According to a report from the New York Times, a largely unknown company called Clearview AI has…

Corporations are finally coming around to the fact that climate change is real, human-caused and likely to produce devastating consequences if not addressed. That realization — along with the fact that it'd probably be hard to profit off a decimated…

The fossil fuel industry holds a significant share of the burden when it comes to climate change, but it isn't alone. Big businesses, particularly international conglomerates that ship products all over the world and burn oil and coal along the way,…

The fear of school shootings, violence on campus, sexual assaults and other disturbing trends have schools from elementary to college scrambling to find ways to keep their campus safe. For some schools, that includes installing cameras and embracing…

The ongoing bush fires in Australia are forever changing the landscape of the country. In the months since the fires started, more than 26 million acres of land has been scorched, more than 5,900 buildings — including over 2,200 homes — have been…

A lawmaker in Vermont is engaging in the ultimate Boomer behavior. Democratic state Senator John Rodgers introduced a bill to the Vermont legislature this week that would ban anyone under 21 from owning a cell phone. If Rodgers manages to gather…

Australia has been engulfed in endless, destructive bush fires for months now, and there is little sign that the flames will dissipate any time soon. The conditions that have led to Australia's seemingly endless blaze were laid by climate change:…

You probably don't think much about a website's domain type, whether it's .com, .edu or .net — it's largely ancillary, like typing "www." before a web address. But these domain types do serve a purpose and right now, according to the New York Times,…

For months now, Australia has been experiencing devastating bush fires that have spread to nearly every region of the continent. But despite the growing tallies of damages and deaths as a result of the ongoing disaster, it took the Australian…

When things like highways and pipelines are built, they don't exist in a vacuum — they take over land that may have otherwise been used or occupied by any number of flora and fauna. These human-made pieces of infrastructure may be essential to our…

There has been tension between the United States and Iran for decades, with proxy wars taking place throughout the region and America squeezing the middle eastern power with economic sanctions. But now the situation has escalated to the brink of…

About 30 percent of all greenhouse emissions come from transportation, from individuals getting from point A to point B to fleets of semi-trucks moving goods. One quick way to remove a huge chunk of our carbon emissions is by simply putting fewer…

Last year Chinese scientist He Jiankui announced he had created the world's first genetically modified human children. Now he's going to prison for it. The Nanshan District People’s Court of Shenzhen, China has sentenced the disgraced scientist to…

The holiday season is over and the new year is almost here. It's time to put the past behind you, and that includes that tree still sitting pretty in your living room. Christmas trees aren't as wasteful as one might imagine — you aren't pulling…