This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. On Earth Day 2021, 40 leaders from around the world came together for the virtual Climate Summit and made pledges to reduce emissions, work toward climate neutrality, and other similarly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. That is the view of Nigel Topping, High-Level Climate Action Champion for the UK, who is responsible for driving the actions of non-state actors to a fossil-free future ahead of…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tropical Cyclone Idai struck the southeast coast of Mozambique. The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees reported that 1.85 million people needed assistance. 146,000 people were internally displaced, and Mozambique scrambled to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The rain came hard and fast early on the morning of June 23, 2016. By 2 p.m., water was knee deep in Bill Bell’s appliance store on Main Street in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new analysis of drinking water systems shows communities in five Midwest states have legal but potentially worrying levels of nitrates. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found nitrate levels in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For the first time in its history, a national ranking of urban green space in America is not only looking at the number and quality of parks within the country’s…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The economic foundations of today’s food and agricultural systems continue to be dominated by a singular focus on productivity and increased yields. This has distorted what is valued in assessments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk. The Quileute tribal school is within a stone’s throw from the Pacific Ocean,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Many hazardous chemicals that cause health issues are still in use in industrial, commercial, and private settings, despite well-documented harms. As the federal government implements the 2016 Frank Lautenberg Chemical…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry caused a stir over the weekend, telling the BBC that half of carbon emissions cuts in the coming decades will come from technologies “we…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most Americans take clean drinking water for granted as a convenience of modern life. The United States has one of the world’s safest drinking water supplies, but new challenges constantly…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Renee Salas, a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been thinking about the connections between climate change and public health for a long time. In her emergency room in Boston,…