3 ways activist kids these days resemble their predecessors
David S. Meyer, University of California, Irvine A gaggle of young activists recently paid Dianne…
Stemming the tide of trash: 5 essential reads on recycling
Jennifer Weeks, The Conversation A year after China upended global materials markets by banning imports…
Wastewater is an asset – it contains nutrients, energy and precious metals, and scientists are learning how to recover them
Yalin Li, Colorado School of Mines Most people think as little as possible about the…
Plastic bag bans can backfire if consumers just use other plastics instead
Rebecca Taylor, University of Sydney Governments are increasingly banning the use of plastic products, such…
Fossil fuels are bad for your health and harmful in many ways besides climate change
Noel Healy, Salem State University; Jennie C. Stephens, Northeastern University, and Stephanie Malin, Colorado State…
Utilities are starting to invest in big batteries instead of building new power plants
Jeremiah Johnson, North Carolina State University and Joseph F. DeCarolis, North Carolina State University Due…
How energy efficiency delivers green dividends in red and blue states
David Cash, University of Massachusetts Boston The Green New Deal, a bundle of proposed policies…
How urban agriculture can improve food security in US cities
Miguel Altieri, University of California, Berkeley During the partial federal shutdown in December 2018 and…
Why stop at plastic bags and straws? The case for a global treaty banning most single-use plastics
Anastasia Telesetsky, University of Idaho Single-use plastics are a blessing and a curse. They have fueled…
Capturing carbon to fight climate change is dividing environmentalists
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Georgetown University and Holly Jean Buck, University of California, Los Angeles Environmental…
New findings on ocean warming: 5 questions answered
Scott Denning, Colorado State University Editor’s note: A new study by scientists in the United…
Switching to electric vehicles could save the US billions, but timing is everything
F. Todd Davidson, University of Texas at Austin; Dave Tuttle, University of Texas at Austin;…
Why covering the environment is one of the most dangerous beats in journalism
Eric Freedman, Michigan State University From the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Kashoggi by Saudi…
George H.W. Bush understood that markets and the environment weren’t enemies
Matthew Kahn, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Former…
Wildfire smoke is becoming a nationwide health threat
Richard E. Peltier, University of Massachusetts Amherst The impacts of recent forest fires in California…
Fine particle air pollution is a public health emergency hiding in plain sight
Douglas Brugge, Tufts University and Kevin James Lane, Boston University Ambient air pollution is the…
Yes, eating meat affects the environment, but cows are not killing the climate
Frank M. Mitloehner, University of California, Davis As the scale and impacts of climate change…
Being Good Ancestors
An Interview with Alan Glass of the Pittsburg USD Alan Glass is the Special Projects Accountant/Energy…
Why the offshore wind industry is about to take off
Matthew Lackner, University of Massachusetts Amherst and Erin Baker, University of Massachusetts Amherst There are…
Why we can’t reverse climate change with ‘negative emissions’ technologies
Howard J. Herzog, Massachusetts Institute of Technology In a much-anticipated report, the Intergovernmental Panel on…
A vision for green schoolyards across California
An Interview with Sharon Danks, Founder of Green Schoolyards America Sharon Danks, the author of Asphalt…
Human-caused climate change severely exposes the US national parks
Patrick Gonzalez, University of California, Berkeley Human-caused climate change is disrupting ecosystems and people’s lives…
What the world needs now to fight climate change: More swamps
William Moomaw, Tufts University; Gillian Davies, Tufts University, and Max Finlayson, Charles Sturt University “Drain…
California aims to become carbon-free by 2045. Is that feasible?
Sarah Kurtz, University of California, Merced California Governor Jerry Brown has signed a new law…