This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Running water and indoor plumbing are so central to modern life that most Americans take them from granted. But these services aren’t free, and millions struggle to afford them. A…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. In Tampa, Florida, a food bank is giving away what they’re calling “paper turkeys” — gift cards — instead of real turkeys. In Colorado Springs, Colorado, one food bank doesn’t…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Climate change is commonly discussed as though it’s a uniquely atmospheric phenomena. But the crisis is deeply entwined with the ocean, and this has largely been neglected in international climate…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. After decades of sowing doubt about climate change and its causes, the fossil fuel industry is now shifting to a new strategy: presenting itself as the source of solutions. This…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When the ECF was set up, in 2008, its focus was very much on the decarbonization of the energy system. Even though food and agriculture contribute between ten and thirty…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Eleven years ago, a human rights violation complaint arrived at the Business and Human Rights Resources Centre, or BHRRC. The London-based nonprofit monitors the activities of more than 10,000 companies…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Duiren Wagua is a member of the Gunadule nation, an Indigenous archipelago off the coast of Panama. For the past century, the tribe has had full sovereignty and autonomy over…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. How much the world achieved at the Glasgow climate talks – and what happens now – depends in large part on where you live. In island nations that are losing…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Colorado River is a vital lifeline for the arid U.S. Southwest. It supplies water to seven states, Mexico, 29 Indian reservations and millions of acres of irrigated farmland. The…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As the Biden administration prepares to make the biggest investment in U.S. infrastructure in more than a decade, there’s much discussion about how systems like roads, bridges and electric power…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Every year the world loses an estimated 25 million acres (10 million hectares) of forest, an area larger than the state of Indiana. Nearly all of it is in the…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Twelve winters ago, as a Wall Street Journal reporter, I spent two dark weeks in Copenhagen covering a round of global-warming negotiations billed as existentially important to the planet. The…