April 22 is Earth Day, a day each year when millions of people around the world demonstrate their concern for the environment. It started in 1970 in response to human-made environmental disasters, including a massive oil spill off the coast of California (at that time...
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) just published the final section of their three-part climate assessment. It may be the most controversial section yet. The previous two (published in February and August) dealt with the ways the climate is changing...
In response to the Ukraine crisis, both Democratic and Republican politicians have argued for more fossil fuel production in the United States. They are also arguing that new transport infrastructure should be built so that fossil fuels such as liquified natural gas...
Russia’s war on Ukraine has already increased global food and fertilizer prices, but the consequences of the conflict are certain to get worse. Together, Ukraine and Russia are responsible for producing about 28% of the world’s wheat. Certain countries, primarily in...
The newest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report was published at the end of February. Its conclusions come from years of global, collaborative research and they are dire. After the November climate summit concluded without any firm commitments from...
