How to Meet Biden’s 2030 climate goals and dramatically cut greenhouse gas emissions
Climate change will transform how we live, but these tech and policy experts see reason for optimism
Can my electric car power my house?
First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California
‘Zero Day’ for California water? Not yet, but unprecedented water restrictions send a sharp warning
Outside the Lines
Achieving Your Sustainability Goals
Making schools green and fighting COVID-19: A Guide to ESSER III Funds in California
EV-olution: Recharging EV sales in the US
A Breath of Fresh Air: Returning to a Different Kind of Classroom
America gets a D+ for school infrastructure – but federal COVID relief could pay for many repairs
Keeping trees in the ground where they are already growing is an effective low-tech way to slow climate change
Holding on to the Future
The Innovative Solution for Sustaining Water Resources
On 28 Feb, 2019, a mooring snapped for America’s vessel. A report released by the…
A Major Environmental Win with Assembly Bill 841
New Shape of Work: Healthy Buildings and How Lighting Can Help
Making the most of K-12 digital textbooks and online educational tools
California Bay Area School Returns $111,000 of Water Savings to District
COVID-19 – Outdoor classes hold promise for in-person learning
Poor, minority students at dilapidated schools face added risks amid talk of reopening classrooms
Buildings consume lots of energy – here’s how to design whole communities that give back as much as they take
Social distancing works – just ask lobsters, ants and vampire bats
What ‘Walden’ can tell us about social distancing and focusing on life’s essentials
A military perspective on climate change could bridge the gap between believers and doubters
Is your city making you fat? How urban planning can address the obesity epidemic
Air pollution kills thousands of Americans every year – here’s a low-cost strategy to reduce the toll
Livestock – new ways to raise it and improve the land in California
Soil carbon is a valuable resource, but all soil carbon is not created equal
Atmospheric river storms can drive costly flooding – and climate change is making them stronger
The first step in managing plastic waste is measuring it – here’s how we did it for one Caribbean country
Clyde Eiríkur Hull, Rochester Institute of Technology and Eric Williams, Rochester Institute of Technology Countries…
How to boost recycling: Reward consumers with discounts, deals and social connections
Millions of burnt trees and rusted cars: Post-disaster cleanup is expensive, time-consuming and wasteful
The Earth needs multiple methods for removing CO2 from the air to avert worst of climate change
Invasive grasses are fueling wildfires across the US
Emily Fusco, University of Massachusetts Amherst The Santa Ana winds that help drive fall and…
Oil companies are thinking about a low-carbon future, but aren’t making big investments in it yet
Data science could help Californians battle future wildfires
David Wild, Indiana University A major wildfire spread through Colorado, and I spent long hours…
Why ‘acting locally’ is impossible in an interconnected world
Jennifer M. Bernstein, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences…
Americans, especially millennials, are embracing plant-based meat products
Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michigan State University and Douglas Buhler, Michigan State University By 2050, many scientists…
Flying colors: Researcher reveals hidden world through the eyes of butterflies
Adriana Briscoe, University of California, Irvine An award-winning scientist and professor of evolutionary biology, Adriana…
A teen scientist helped me discover tons of golf balls polluting the ocean
Matthew Savoca, Stanford University Plastic pollution in the world’s oceans has become a global environmental…
California polluters may soon buy carbon “offsets” from the Amazon
Maron Greenleaf, Dartmouth College Fires in the Brazilian Amazon have outraged the world. But what…
USGBC-LA Announces First Cohort of ‘Net Zero Accelerator’
The U.S. Green Building Council-Los Angeles Chapter (USGBC-LA) has announced the first cohort of its Net Zero Accelerator,…
How to have an all-renewable electric grid
David Timmons, University of Massachusetts Boston The main solution to climate change is well known…
Career guidance for kids is our best hope for climate change
Stefania Maggi, Carleton University We all care, at some level, about our planet and for…
Status Quo is Not an Option: Environmental literacy and classrooms that can save the world
An interview with Andra Yeghoian By Carl Smith Andra Yeghoian is the Environmental Literacy Coordinator…
Building, Teaching, Learning: Finding the educational opportunities in facility projects
An interview with Timothy Baird, Ed.D. Timothy Baird, Ed.D., recently retired from his position as…
Are shared e-scooters good for the planet? Only if they replace car trips
Jeremiah Johnson, North Carolina State University Shared dockless electric scooters, or e-scooters, transport riders over…
Why science needs the humanities to solve climate change
Steven D. Allison, University of California, Irvine and Tyrus Miller, University of California, Irvine Large…
40 years ago, scientists predicted climate change. And hey, they were right
Neville Nicholls, Monash University This month the world has been celebrating the 50th anniversary of…
Resource depletion is a serious problem, but ‘footprint’ estimates don’t tell us much about it
Robert B. Richardson, Michigan State University Experts widely agree that human activities are harming the…