Back to basics really quick: carbon oxides are bad. Why? Carbon dioxide makes up a teeny tiny percentage of our air (about 400 parts per million), but unlike oxygen or nitrogen, it stores heat from the sun and therefore heats up the earth. That’s why carbon dioxide is called a greenhouse gas, along with other gases like methane and CFC’s…

As the world turns its calendars to 2020, Jakarta is celebrating the new decade looking like a city-wide waterpark as chocolate-colored water flows through the streets. On the morning of January 1, my friend witnessed a lady exit her car, sit on the floor in the middle of a rainstorm…