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    Pollution, Race and the Search for Justice

    Pollution, Race and the Search for Justice

    By Bartees Cox and Shravya Jain Without a touch of irony, the EPA celebrated Black History Month by publishing a report that finds black communities face dangerously high levels of pollution. African-Americans are more likely to live near landfills and industrial plants that pollute water and air and erode quality of life. Because of this, […]

    This Craft Brewery Runs on the Sun

    This Craft Brewery Runs on the Sun

    By Nexus Media, with Thor Cheston Thor Cheston loves craft beer so much, he was made a knight in Belgium, the global brewing capital. He’s also a clean energy geek. When he founded Right Proper Brewing in Washington, DC, he invested in rooftop solar panels and energy efficiency. Cheston recently spoke about his passion for […]

    Scientists Are Making Carbon Fiber From Plants Instead of Petroleum

    Scientists Are Making Carbon Fiber From Plants Instead of Petroleum

    Carbon fiber is the Superman of materials. Five times stronger than steel and a fraction of the weight, it is used in everything from tennis rackets to golf clubs to bicycles to wind turbine blades to passenger airplanes to Formula One race cars. There’s just one catch: Carbon fiber is made from oil and other […]

    Connecting With Nature Improves Minds and Moods

    Connecting With Nature Improves Minds and Moods

    By Marlene Cimons Twentieth Century German social psychologist Erich Fromm first advanced the notion that humans hold an inborn connection to nature. Later, it was popularized by biologist E.O. Wilson as “the urge to affiliate with other forms of life.” In the ensuing years, support for the positive effects of nature has gained considerable traction, […]

    With Conservation Burials, Death Gives New Life

    With Conservation Burials, Death Gives New Life

    By Marlene Cimons Natural burials—where bodies are buried in the soil to allow for a hasty decomposition—have already caught on. But an Australian scientist has proposed that the concept of “dust-unto-dust” go even further. He suggests that natural burials become “conservation” burials, that is, that people use the costs of interring bodies to buy, manage […]

    Two Graphs Explain Why California’s Wildfires Will Only Get Worse

    Two Graphs Explain Why California’s Wildfires Will Only Get Worse

    By Molly Taft The deadly wildfires ripping through Northern California are just the latest in a season of record-defying natural disasters across the country. As the death toll passes 40, reports of Californians hiding in pools as their houses burn and scenes of devastated homes and vineyards add to 2017’s apocalyptic picture of how climate […]

    The Desperate But Effective Attempts to Silence Climate Scientists

    The Desperate But Effective Attempts to Silence Climate Scientists

    By Jeremy Deaton People play dirty when they can’t win by playing fair. This is, more or less, the story of climate change denial in the U.S. Scientists overwhelmingly agree that humans are altering the climate, reaping changes with potentially catastrophic consequences. Climate deniers can’t dispute the data. They can’t win on facts. Instead, they […]

    Buzz Kill: Climate Change Threatens Coffee-Pollinating Bees

    Buzz Kill: Climate Change Threatens Coffee-Pollinating Bees

    By Marlene Cimons The best coffee grows in the mountains, where it is cool. It needs low temperatures to thrive, which is why growers often put shade trees in their fields. But the mountains are getting hotter. And the higher you go, the less room there is to grow coffee. This is one reason scientists […]