This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As Hurricane Grace and Tropical Storm Henri cause destruction up and down the Atlantic, people living on islands and coastal territories must prepare for an above average hurricane season. In…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This year has provided a grim preview of what climate scientists say the world is becoming. Suffocating heat in the Pacific Northwest killed 200 people. Torrential rains and flooding across…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to transition to 100% clean energy by 2035, in line with President Biden’s national goals and a decade earlier than the city originally planned. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Even in good economic times, many adults in the United States have trouble finding jobs that pay enough to support their families. Wages for those without a college degree, for…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In the $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed by the U.S. Senate, just $66 billion was proposed for rail infrastructure over eight years and $39 billion for public transit over eight…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Pembroke Township, population less than 2,000, is the last historic Black farming community left in Illinois. And at one time, it was the largest such community in the northern United States. Founded in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In recent decades the cost of wind and solar power generation has dropped dramatically. This is one reason that the U.S. Department of Energy projects that renewable energy will be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The energy sector is booming and this time it’s clear that a secular shift has taken hold. When the International Energy Association (IEA) announced in May that there should be…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most of America’s 107,000 gas stations can fill several cars every five or 10 minutes at multiple pumps. Not so for electric vehicle chargers – at least not yet. Today…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The recent California fires are the latest reminder of the all-too-present dangers of climate change. With the death toll rising and thousands of homes and businesses burnt to the ground, we don’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Despite serving only 13 percent of U.S. electricity load, electric cooperatives loom large in conversations about the U.S. energy system’s past, present and future. The initial vision for nonprofit electric co-ops…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the pandemic-induced inequality gap keeps widening, this underlines the importance for countries to build back better as they emerge from the worst recession facing the world since the great…