This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Late in 2018, the Trump administration moved to roll back Obama-era regulations designed to improve air quality and limit pollution. No one thought of it as an education story. But…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent years, wildfires on the West Coast have become larger and more damaging. A combination of almost a century of fire suppression and hotter and drier conditions has created…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Efforts to increase how much philanthropic funding goes to minority-led environmental organizations are gaining momentum, with one group’s push for transparency from the nation’s top climate donors drawing big-name support. For months,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In a world of climate change, the flood risk will be more intense and more frequent, presenting higher danger to ever more people in a greater number of countries. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The new generation of meatless meat companies has been vocal in its ambition to remake our food system. Impossible Foods CEO Pat Brown has said he wants to end all animal…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In 2010, 193 countries stepped up to halt the global decline of biodiversity by 2020 as part of their commitment to the Convention on Biological Diversity. They agreed to take…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In many ways, Maleta Kimmons defines her neighborhood by what it lacks. Kimmons, who prefers to go by the name Queen, said what her neighborhood doesn’t lack is pollution. Near…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Researchers have identified a link between air pollution and a greater hazard of all-cause dementia. They found a similar association for Alzheimer’s-type dementia. The team from the University of Washington…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the U.S., nearly 1 in 8 couples struggles with infertility. Unfortunately, physicians like me who specialize in reproductive medicine are unable to determine the cause of male infertility around…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the grip of winter, the North American prairies can look deceptively barren. But many wild animals have evolved through harsh winters on these open grasslands, foraging in the snow…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Anabel Garcia felt on edge every time an ambulance siren blared outside her home in Santa Rosa, California. Sirens reminded her of evacuating during the state’s second-deadliest wildfire, which killed 22…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An old proverbial saying states, “waste not, want not,” which means if you use a commodity or resource carefully and without extravagance, you will never be in need. Likewise, if…