Environment

As time ticks down on the transition to clean energy, networked solutions will be crucial for beating the clock.

Brazil is a complex place. It is one of the most biodiverse countries in the world.The Amazon Rainforest alone is home to 10 percent of all wildlife on earth, including plants and animals that ……

Many incentive programs promote e-bike use, but they aren’t necessarily targeting the right people for the right reasons.

While fossil fuels were powering wealthy nations’ economic growth in the 19th and 20th centuries, many countries across the Global South remained largely impoverished. Today, all that burning of oil,…

School districts are often among the largest landowners, real estate developers, transportation providers and employers in their communities. This gives school board members across the country tremendous influence to lead positive change for climate action and climate justice.

If not properly managed, heavy metals such as arsenic can accumulate in landfills and leach into soils and groundwater.

Jarnail Singh, deputy director, India, at MacArthur Foundation, on why climate philanthropy in the country must adopt an equity lens and how partnerships in the sector can enable this.

1982 protests in The Warren, NC are considered one of the earliest examples of the environmental justice movement. A manufacturer of electrical transformers dumped tons of cancer-causing PCB waste along…

The increasing regularity of “once in a lifetime” disasters raises questions not only about the effectiveness of state and federal hazard mitigation policies but about which communities continue to bear…

‘Iskaashato ma kufto,’ goes a Somalian proverb: “If people support each other they do not fall.” It’s a sentiment that Cabdinasir Adan, the Food Security and Livelihoods Manager at Gargaar Relief…

Rachel Carson and Greta Thunberg are household names, but the list of female environmentalists throughout history is long. Like many fields, the accomplishments of women in environmental work have often been overshadowed…

Reducing particle pollution can save thousands of lives, but states need more data to inform better controls. An atmospheric scientist explains what data and actions are needed.