The US, a minor liquefied natural gas supplier a decade ago, now is the world’s top source. That’s good for energy security, but bad for Earth’s climate. An energy scholar explains the trade-offs.
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For a project on identifying lead water pipes in homes, outreach through partner groups produced a more representative set of volunteers.
An analysis by scholars at the University of California, Davis showed that just a small number of cities in California actively consider racism when developing their plans.
Though many Americans believe that parasitic infections exist in poorer countries, research shows that the problem exists in the US and has a higher impact in communities of color.
After the Supreme Court overturned the Obama administration’s strategy for reducing power plant carbon emissions in 2022, the Biden administration is taking a narrower but still ambitious approach.
If the EV transition focuses exclusively on drivers in privately owned cars, it won’t meet many Americans’ mobility needs, particularly in underserved communities.
Poor communities of color have spent decades battling US industrial and agricultural pollution. A new EPA office is designed to support their struggle, but history suggests reason for caution.
That’s the big question at the upcoming UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP27, and it’s controversial.
Routine maintenance is necessary for every homeowner. But for Black women, that burden is complicated by decades of redlining and the impacts of climate change.
Congress has approved billions of dollars to fix water and sewer systems across the US. But getting that money to needy communities depends on how states define a key word.
Reducing air pollution from cars and light trucks would pay big health dividends for low-income and minority communities. A new survey shows how to get more drivers of color into electric vehicles.
Nigeria’s Environmental Impact Assessment Act is not protecting the environment enough and citizens need to get involved.
They look like conventional school buses, but electric versions are cleaner, quieter and cheaper to maintain. States, utilities and federal agencies are helping school districts make the switch.
While a US transition to renewable energy by 2030 is possible, streamlined policies with clear goals and incentives are necessary to get there, says an industrial engineering professor.
Gardens require huge labour, and outcomes like health, well-being or food security are affected by systemic barriers people face in cities and schools.
Noise pollution is a serious problem, and cars make a lot of it. But roads are also a factor.
Ocean equity will be the key for achieving blue economies in Canada and the world
Puerto Rico’s tourism industry is booming as nations lift COVID-19 travel restrictions, but development is displacing people who have lived along its coastlines for years.
Climate artists can offer a vision of tangible networks, activities, behaviours and lifestyles that, rather than damaging the planet, support planetary — and personal — health and well-being.
An Anglican Aboriginal pastor who attended the COP26 climate conference shares his perspective on Indigenous knowledge in dealing with climate change.
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Lynton K. Caldwell Professor of Public Affairs, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Sociology; Co-Founder, Center for Environmental Justice at CSU, Colorado State University
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, University of Washington
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Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Adjunct Lecturer in Urban Studies, The New School
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Professor of Environmental Science, Policy and Management and of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Virginia
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Professor, Technoscience studies + History, University of Toronto
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of Environmental and Occupation Health, University of California, Irvine; University of Southern California
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Associate Professor, Honorary Principal Fellow, Informal Urbanism Research Hub (InfUr-), University of Melbourne, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Applied Environmental Health , University of Maryland
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York Research Chair in Environmental Law & Justice in the Green Economy, York University, Canada
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Assistant Professor of Environmental Policy and Sustainability Management, The New School
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Professor of Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan