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‘Coal just isn’t the future’: Meet the Kentucky miners picking up a new trade

Jobs in southeast Kentucky's coal mines are vanishing. Can green jobs replace them?

Elizabeth McGowan Equity March 21, 2019

Crowds march up Market Street during the 'Rise For Climate' global action on September 8, 2018 in San Francisco, California.

A more inclusive Global Climate Action Summit can stop us from ‘losing Earth’

To defeat climate change, people of color and low-income communities should have a seat at the table.

Danielle Deane-Ryan Equity September 12, 2018

How Harvard’s investments exacerbate global land and water conflicts

A recent report documents how many of the elite university's global land acquisitions led to the devastation of indigenous peoples.

Grey Moran Equity October 9, 2018

Hurricane Maria evacuees worry about jobs, housing, and if they’ll ever go home

Forced from Puerto Rico as a result of the storm, displaced storm survivors face losing housing again.

Justine Calma Equity July 6, 2018

Rear View Of Woman Playing Game On Computer At Home

Video games consume more electricity than 25 power plants can produce

Researchers set up a special lab to measure gaming’s massive carbon footprint.

Bryan Schatz Climate & Energy December 1, 2018

Colorful Houses in a neighborhood on the east side of Detroit

Why Detroit residents pushed back against tree-planting

Detroiters were refusing city-sponsored “free trees.” A researcher found out the problem: She was the first person to ask them if they wanted them.

Brentin Mock Cities January 14, 2019

How Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Green New Deal is being built

Is it possible to come up with a solution to the climate crisis, the economic crisis, and the global crisis, all at the same time? New Consensus aims to find out.

Zoya Teirstein Politics March 12, 2019

North Dakota tribes issue thousands of IDs to stop voter suppression

Faced with a restrictive voter ID law, these tribes are rolling out all the stops getting their members to the polls.

Justine Calma Politics November 5, 2018

Honey Bees [Apis mellifera] at the entrance to a hive.

Bees face yet another lethal threat in dicamba, a drift-prone pesticide

The EPA extended its approval of the weed killer for two more years, despite scientists’ warnings.

Liza Gross Climate & Energy January 27, 2019

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