This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A bumper sticker spotted in Montana reads, “No barley, no beer.” It’s a reminder that Montana’s barley farmers are struggling. Barley is an unforgiving crop that needs a precise recipe…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change funds separate climate from development largely because the international community has already set aside a certain amount of money for development. Though the amount is rarely delivered on,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Sitting in a tarpee erected outside the Capitol Building in the US state of Washington, seven Indigenous women and their supporters have vowed to stay put. They will stay until they are…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Each time we discover a new technology, most of the time it yields huge benefits. But there’s also a chance we discover a technology with more destructive power than we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pittsburgh is unlikely to see the 20 inches of rainfall in two days that Houston experienced. But Kyle Siler-Evans, an engineer at the Rand Corporation, said the region’s hills and valleys…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The fact is, the US has always been an unreliable world citizen when it comes to climate change diplomacy. We have always been extremely demanding, with exceedingly small “win sets” available for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Amid the big headlines about tax overhaul and wildfires in a season already full of holiday distractions, you would be forgiven for not noticing that California advanced an important climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Climate Trust, a mission-driven nonprofit that specializes in mobilizing finance for conservation projects, announced its fifth annual prediction list of carbon market trends. The trends, which range from the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The plight of displaced people, especially Syrian refugees, has been largely ignored by the mass media since this human rights tragedy dominated news headlines during the fall of 2015. Yet this…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. 2017 was the year for environmental campaigns, both in North America and abroad. Broad coalitions like the We Are Still In and March for Science signaled, amid loosening of environmental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Earlier this month, Xinhua, the Chinese government’s official press agency, announced the launch of the world’s largest carbon emissions trading system. China’s new carbon market is expected to manage over 3…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Donald Trump once advocated for climate action. Now, he’s moving Barack Obama’s efforts in the opposite direction. Obama’s former science advisor, John Holdren, talks about the damage being done by…