Published inThe Climate SeriesCOP 26 was a summit of watered-down compromises that delayed bold climate action and maintained the…Three months after the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its most alarming report to date, rendering human-caused climate…Nov 14, 2021Nov 14, 2021
Published inThe Climate SeriesXcel Energy must invest in renewables, Colorado communities, not fossil fuel profitsXcel Energy’s newest Electric Resource Plan for Colorado would be costly for ratepayers, jeopardize the health of Coloradans, and fall…Nov 2, 20211Nov 2, 20211
Published inThe Climate SeriesMisery in the Mountain State: The Impacts of Mountaintop Removal in Rural Appalachian West VirginiaIn Boone County, West Virginia, residents learn at a young age to avoid all contact with the tap water flowing from pipes in their homes…Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2020
Published inThe Climate SeriesHurricanes, Toxic Waste, and Their Sacrifice Zones: Low-Income Communities of Color on the Gulf…When Hurricane Laura made landfall in August 2020, on the Texas and Louisiana coastlines, it ravaged an area dotted with petrochemical…Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2020
Published inThe Climate SeriesWhat does mass incarceration have to do with environmental degradation? More than you’d think.Kenneth Hartman was three decades into a life sentence at the California State Prison in Lancaster when he contracted valley fever, a…Oct 31, 2020Oct 31, 2020
Coronavirus: the Straw that Broke the (Capitalist) Camel’s Back?Global industrial capitalism was put to the ultimate test, and it failed admirably.Mar 20, 2020Mar 20, 2020
Published inThe Climate SeriesBrief Thoughts on the Climate CrisisTranscript of a Speech I Delivered at the Youth Climate Strikes on September 20, 2019 — at the University of Virginia and in Downtown…Oct 29, 20191Oct 29, 20191
Published inThe Climate SeriesEnvironmentalism as 21st Century MoralityEnvironmentalism is the closest thing I have to to a religion, morality, or ethical value set. And iJan 15, 20196Jan 15, 20196
Shelter from the Storm: A Story of Fleeing Home2018’s Fate for Immigrants and RefugeesJan 2, 2019Jan 2, 2019
Published inThe Climate SeriesA 9-Minute Lesson in Environmental LiteracySeven Tidbits To Put Things in PerspectiveDec 10, 201812Dec 10, 201812
