This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Much of the news coming out of the U.N. climate conference has focused on the spectacle, and how countries’ pledges aren’t on track to prevent dangerous climate change. But behind…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The City of Boston recently made headlines for an ambitious plan to mandate all new city-owned buildings to be carbon neutral, part of a wider plan for the city to achieve net zero status by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When it comes to strategies for slowing the effects of climate change, the idea of reducing wasted energy rarely gets a mention. But our recent Nature Climate Change article makes…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After three consecutive years of lower-than-expected rainfall, Cape Town, South Africa, found itself in a water crisis in 2017 and 2018. Amid dire warnings of reaching “Day Zero,” when the water supply…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Part six in a multi-part series highlighting successes of Clean Energy Districts (CED) and policies to make CEDs “universal local” institutions. Read part one, part two, part three, part four, and part five.…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The research, published in Nature Energy, shows that a low energy demand recovery could reduce a hypothetical tax on all carbon emissions by 19%. The pandemic-related drop in greenhouse gas…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. COVID-19 is changing how the U.S. disposes of waste. It is also threatening hard-fought victories that restricted or eliminated single-use disposable items, especially plastic, in cities and towns across the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Corporate America loves climate action. At least, that’s what companies’ public climate pledges would have you think. But their lobbying activity often says otherwise. Despite ambitious commitments to reduce their…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As wildfires ravage the western United States and communities from the gulf to the mid-Atlantic recover from destructive hurricanes, the focus is on the federal government to act on climate,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In August 2021, two wildfires surrounded the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation in central Montana. By Aug. 11, more than 175,000 acres were ablaze, and all residents of Lame Deer, the largest town…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The 30314 ZIP code of west Atlanta, home to the neighborhood of Bankhead, is one of the most energy-burdened zip codes in the city. Residents pay five times more for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. An oil spill first reported on Oct. 2, 2021, has released thousands of gallons of crude oil into southern California coastal waters. The source is believed to be a leak…