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Humans generate a lot of trash, but there are cheaper and safer ways to handle it than loading it on rockets.

When I cover solutions to the plastic waste crisis, I typically focus on infrastructure development and bringing recycling systems to scale, standardizing materials, inventing new ones and designing out unnecessary…

A 1983 US government study documenting the placement of hazardous waste landfills in low-income and Black communities was one of the first studies to highlight the intersection of environmental issues and racial…

Slover & Cohen: Kids do best when curriculum, materials, professional development, tests and state standards align with schools’ expectations for them…

A Coalition of shellfish growers in the U.S. and Canada are driving climate action to sustain aquatic ecosystems.

Middle school teacher Shira Engel was shocked by the number of students who entered her middle school classroom without a basic phonics education and who were unable to decode text.

A machine learning model that uses news articles to predict food insecurity risks could prioritize emergency food allocation.

Organizations that fail to recognize their role in shaping the world around them will find their reputation and ability to recruit talent to suffer.

Proponents of algorithms as a solution to bias in criminal justice systems say they’re dispassionate.”But algorithms can discriminate.”…

Access to paid leave in three states was associated with a significant decrease in the likelihood of women leaving their jobs following a spouse’s health shock.

Since the 1990s, it has become increasingly normal to take environmental (E), social (S), and governance (G) factors into account when considering investing decisions. Yet the roots of what we…

The Xingu River is revered as the “house of God” by the Indigenous people living along its Volte Grande, or Big Bend, in the Brazilian Amazon. The river is essential…