Sustainability

Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future?

Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future? Can Local Food Help Appalachia Build a Post-Coal Future?

From shucky beans to kilt lettuce, the region’s cuisine reflects a dual reality of poverty and ingenuity.

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Sarah Jones

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass

The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass The Grain That Tastes Like Wheat, but Grows Like a Prairie Grass

For 12,000 years, human agriculture has cultivated grains that are replanted every year, at enormous environmental cost. Kernza represents a new way forward.

Oct 11, 2017 / Feature / Madeline Ostrander

NYC school bus

Make New York’s School-Bus Fleet Eco-Friendly, Union-Staffed, and Cooperatively Run Make New York’s School-Bus Fleet Eco-Friendly, Union-Staffed, and Cooperatively Run

Converting fossil-fuel buses to electric vehicles alone would save $39,000 over 12 years.

Sep 21, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Harvey standing water

Houston Needs an Equitable Reconstruction in the Wake of Harvey Houston Needs an Equitable Reconstruction in the Wake of Harvey

The city needs to learn from the mistakes of previous disasters and put disadvantaged communities at the center of rebuilding efforts.

Sep 12, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Jane Kleeb Press Headshot

A Leader of the Keystone Opposition Talks About Building Progressive Coalitions in Red America A Leader of the Keystone Opposition Talks About Building Progressive Coalitions in Red America

Jane Kleeb describes her journey from Republican to Bernie Sanders Democrat—and what it takes to forge unlikely alliances.

Aug 8, 2017 / D.D. Guttenplan

New York heatwave

Over 3,000 New Yorkers Could Die From Summer Heat Each Year by 2080 Over 3,000 New Yorkers Could Die From Summer Heat Each Year by 2080

Unless we act now, deaths from extreme heat will become much more common as the globe warms.

Aug 8, 2017 / Michelle Chen

Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke Are Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth

Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke Are Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth Donald Trump and Ryan Zinke Are Purging Climate Scientists for Telling the Truth

Dozens of senior officials have been reassigned at the Department of the Interior, including Dr. Virginia Burkett, who contributed to the IPCC reports that won the Nobel Peace Priz...

Aug 2, 2017 / Adam Federman

Trump addressing senators

Trump’s Main Policy Is Destruction—Ours Must Be More Than Resistance Trump’s Main Policy Is Destruction—Ours Must Be More Than Resistance

The time to create alternatives is now.

Jul 28, 2017 / Column / Kai Wright

Harvest

There’s a Fascist in the White House. Time to Grow Your Own Food. There’s a Fascist in the White House. Time to Grow Your Own Food.

Under President Trump, gardening is a radical move.

Jul 11, 2017 / Frida Berrigan

Simpson Bay, Sint Maarten

Can the Caribbean’s Tourism Economy Survive Climate Change? Can the Caribbean’s Tourism Economy Survive Climate Change?

Rising sea levels, ocean acidification, catastrophic storm surges—the threat is dire, and requires a rapid transition to renewable energy.

Jul 6, 2017 / Juan Cole

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