This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The concept of reaching net zero emissions has grown from an emerging idea to a mainstream mechanism for countries, cities and corporations to drive emissions reductions and limit the effects…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. One of the important next steps for business leadership to take on climate change, especially in the wake of COP26, is to think through how to engage their customers on…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Thermal coal is the number one cause of global temperature rise. It is responsible for nearly half of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide and 72 per cent of greenhouse gas (GHG)…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Nebraska is a reliably red state. The last time Nebraskans backed a Democrat in a presidential election was 1964. Former president Donald Trump won the state in 2016 by a double-digit…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The construction of a hydroelectric power plant in Sumatra is risking the livelihoods of local communities, increasing the risk of disasters and threatening the habitat of the Tapanuli orangutan, the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The spring of 2019 opened with a deep chill across Cascadia. An Arctic air mass poured past the 49th parallel, simultaneously jacking up energy consumption and straining energy supplies in…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. From rising temperatures to unprecedented weather events, the increasingly apparent impacts of climate change have exposed longstanding infrastructure gaps and prompted new urgency to addressing them. Many of these gaps…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Tropical forests are among the world’s best tools for fighting climate change and the loss of wild species. They store huge quantities of carbon, shelter thousands of plants and animals…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Growing up in the South Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts, I experienced firsthand social, economic and environmental injustices. One of the most polluted places in California, Watts suffers from cumulative environmental…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Greenwashing reached pandemic proportions in 2021 as businesses and governments raced to tell the world how much they care about people and planet, with varying degrees of credibility. Every type…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the world’s largest pork producer and a major public utility announced they would team up to turn hog manure from North Carolina swine farms into energy, they billed their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Remote work, changes in ridership and financial pressures created by the pandemic revealed the strengths and weaknesses of current transit networks. At the CoMotion LA conference last week, transportation leaders…