This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Mary Chris Barth knows how important it is to control the soil in the panhandle of Oklahoma. She’s the child of parents that grew up in the Dust Bowl. When…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A study by researchers at the University of Oxford finds that Paris climate agreement goals will be nearly impossible to reach without dramatic reductions in food-related emissions. The aim of the Paris Agreement is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Numerous companies have set 100 percent recyclable, reusable or compostable packaging goals such as Colgate-Palmolive and Kellogg. Virtually all these companies, though, are not tracking whether their packaging is actually recycled and what…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. During last year’s campaign, President Joe Biden argued that the “United States must lead the world to take on the existential threat we face—climate change.” I agree. I’ve learned from my work…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Our industrial food system affects public health in many ways: the obesity epidemic, antibiotic resistance, farm and food worker health and more. While industrialized farming practices are legally within the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Part I, we introduced Bill Nimmo and Kizmin Reeves, a retired couple that became involved in the rescue of seven tigers they had known as cubs in New Jersey…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Completing the Picture: How the Circular Economy Tackles Climate Change (PDF) makes the case that shifting to renewable energy and energy efficiency in buildings and transport can meet only about 55…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Dealing with pandemics cannot rest merely on mitigation. It must focus on deep prevention and synchronization with other policy objectives such as halting global warming. It must address all sources…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Yosemite. Big Sur. The Grand Canyon. When one thinks “wilderness” in the United States, the mind often goes to the American frontier or federal lands in the West. But for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Anne Schwartz owns and operates Blue Heron Farm, producing regionally marketed, certified organic vegetables and berries. Schwartz graduated in 1978 with a degree in animal science from Washington State University (WSU), and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Deadly floods across parts of Indonesia are a stark reminder of the climate change risks facing the Southeast Asian nation, environmentalists said on Monday, urging the government to be more…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Against the backdrop of the urgent realities of climate change, the pandemic, and the decline in oil prices, the necessity for oil- and gas-producing countries to immediately engage in the…