Environment

People choose where to live based on a few underlying factors: proximity to where they work, preferred amenities like school quality or climate, and connections to social networks of family and friends. But the pandemic…

How much energy does it take to have a good and healthy life? A new Stanford University study has found that the answer is far less than the average American is using.…

At the beginning of last year, 187 countries took steps to limit the export of plastic trash from wealthy to developing countries. It’s not working as well as they hoped.…

At least 306 people have died after the heaviest rainfall in 60 years caused devastating flooding around the South African city of Durban. That number makes the storm the deadliest in South…

The COVID pandemic has rightly received most of the blame for global supply chain upheavals in the last two years. But the less publicized threat to supply chains from climate…

Seventy people were arrested in London on Saturday as climate activists continue to engage in acts of civil disobedience in the UK. Among the 70 arrested Saturday were six people who climbed…

At the peak of the summer, my nation, the Nlaka’pamux, one of the Indigenous Peoples of south-central British Columbia, used to know when the salmon had returned to local rivers…

Where does your smartphone come from? That question doesn’t have an easy answer. Chances are good that the device was assembled in a factory in China, but the materials that…

In 2022, women hold a record 145 seats in Congress. Despite major gains in the past decade, women are still significantly underrepresented in federal policymaking. By some estimates, it could take a…

Artificial intelligence and low-cost satellite imagery combine to spot forced labor at deforestation sites in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest. Both legal and illegal deforestation efforts routinely rely on forced labor, and…

Under the traditional capitalist model, financial performance for shareholders has been the primary measure of the success of a business. However, a growing awareness of ESG trends has given rise…