This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February 2021, in the midst of rapidly warming global temperatures, an exceptionally severe cold wave hit large parts of North America, from Canada to Northern Mexico. It left 10…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) — the UN body tasked with assessing the latest climate science — issued its most dire warning yet about the threats posed by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In February 2021, in the midst of rapidly warming global temperatures, an exceptionally severe cold wave hit large parts of North America, from Canada to Northern Mexico. It left 10…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At a time when Americans are fractured by politics and policies, there is one thing most of us agree on and which has broad, bi-partisan support—convenient access to a high-quality…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Recent federal policy supports creating middle-class jobs in the “green economy.” The Biden administration has made climate change a policy priority, asserting in many legislative proposals that addressing this problem…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Hurricane Ida made landfall on Sunday in Port Fourchon, Louisiana, the Category 4 storm’s wind speeds clocked in at 150 miles per hour. The gales ripped roofs off structures,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Since London launched its ULEZ in 2019, several other cities in England have adopted or announced similar plans for clean air zones. Although no U.S. cities have instituted their own clean…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 1921, General Motors engineers discovered that tetraethyl lead could make internal combustion engines run more smoothly and reduce engine knock. For the next 100 years, the toxic additive in automobile…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Hurricane Ida has battered one of the poorest regions of the country, driving floodwaters into neighborhoods along the Gulf Coast and those along the Mississippi River in Louisiana. Its winds…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. We are collectively failing to conserve the world’s biodiversity and to mobilize natural solutions to help curb global warming. A new study carried out by the Nature Map Consortium, shows…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Seattle-based Evrnu, a newly certified B Corporation, is two years into a partnership with Levi Strauss & Co. that will put the first jeans on the market made from cotton waste…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dams poorly mimic the temperature patterns California streams require to support the state’s native salmon and trout — more than three-quarters of which risk extinction. Bold actions are needed to…