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F. Todd Davidson, University of Texas at Austin; Dave Tuttle, University of Texas at Austin; Joshua D. Rhodes, University of Texas at Austin, and Kazunori Nagasawa, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Today, less than 2 percent of the vehicles Americans buy are electric. But within the next three decades, some automotive industry experts expect electric vehicles […]

Eric Freedman, Michigan State University From the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi by Saudi agents to President Trump’s clashes with the White House press corps, attacks on reporters are in the news. This problem extends far beyond the politics beat, and world leaders aren’t the only threats. At Michigan State University’s Knight Center for

Matthew Kahn, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Former President George H.W. Bush, who died on Nov. 30, was admirable for many reasons, from his skillful leadership through the end of the Cold War to his personal warmth and courtesy. As an environmental economist, I believe his approach to

Richard E. Peltier, University of Massachusetts Amherst The impacts of recent forest fires in California reach well beyond the burned areas. Smoke from the Camp Fire created hazardous air quality conditions in San Francisco, more than 170 miles to the southwest – but it didn’t stop there. Cross-country winds carried it across the United States,

Douglas Brugge, Tufts University and Kevin James Lane, Boston University Ambient air pollution is the largest environmental health problem in the United States and in the world more generally. Fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 millionths of a meter, known as PM2.5, was the fifth-leading cause of death in the world in 2015, factoring in

Frank M. Mitloehner, University of California, Davis As the scale and impacts of climate change become increasingly alarming, meat is a popular target for action. Advocates urge the public to eat less meat to save the environment. Some activists have called for taxing meat to reduce consumption of it. A key claim underlying these arguments

An Interview with Alan Glass of the Pittsburg USD Alan Glass is the Special Projects Accountant/Energy Supervisor in the Facilities Department of the Pittsburg Unified School District. In a Green Technology interview, he discusses what his district is doing to realize its commitment to sustainability and what it means for us to be “good ancestors.” He’ll be discussing

Matthew Lackner, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Erin Baker, University of Massachusetts Amherst There are only five wind turbines operating in U.S. waters today. But that will likely soon change, partly because of states with ambitious offshore wind targets. Off the Massachusetts coastline, for example, Vineyard Wind aims to build one of the nation’s first

Howard J. Herzog, Massachusetts Institute of Technology In a much-anticipated report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said the world will need to take dramatic and drastic steps to avoid the catastrophic effects of climate change. Featured prominently in the report is a discussion of a range of techniques for removing carbon dioxide from

An Interview with Sharon Danks, Founder of Green Schoolyards America Sharon Danks, the author of Asphalt to Ecosystems: Design Ideas for Schoolyard Transformation, is one of the world’s leading experts on living schoolyards. She’ll be the keynote speaker in the opening session of the upcoming Green California Schools and Community Colleges Summit. In a Green Technology