This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most Americans take access to clean drinking water for granted. Most Americans — but not all. According to the Environmental Protection Agency’s 2018 National Center for Environmental Assessment study, people living…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems IPES-Food, in collaboration with etc. group, recently published a report articulating two possible futures for the global food system. The report, A Long Food Movement: Transforming Food Systems by…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. This story is part of the Pulitzer Center’s nationwide Connected Coastlines reporting initiative. For more information, go to https://pulitzercenter.org/connected-coastlines-initiative. A preview occurred on July 31, 2014, when a nasty green…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When Eva Dawn Burk first saw Calypso Farm and Ecology Center in 2019, she felt enchanted. Calypso is an educational farm tucked away in a boreal forest in Ester, Alaska, near…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The design of our cities is influenced by what types of transportation are available, and how people choose to get around is, in turn, influenced by our cities’ design. This…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. If people don’t have to buy drinking water in bottles, a huge quantity of plastic waste will be diverted. The problem of plastic pollution pouring into the world’s oceans is…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The Rev. Mariama White-Hammond is an outspoken activist for climate justice and the founding pastor of New Roots AME Church, a multiracial congregation in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood. She wants to…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. When California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a goal to phase out oil drilling statewide by 2045, he focused on its impact on climate change. But oil drilling is also a…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The approach of summer in the U.S. means that it’s time to be ready for hurricanes and wildfires. The incidence of weather and climate disasters is increasing in the U.S.,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. A new analysis of drinking water systems shows communities in five Midwest states have legal but potentially worrying levels of nitrates. The Environmental Working Group (EWG) found nitrate levels in Iowa, Illinois, Kansas,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The economic foundations of today’s food and agricultural systems continue to be dominated by a singular focus on productivity and increased yields. This has distorted what is valued in assessments…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Most Americans take clean drinking water for granted as a convenience of modern life. The United States has one of the world’s safest drinking water supplies, but new challenges constantly…