Why is it so hard for capitalism to go green?
The global climate crisis rests squarely with us and, in no small degree, depends on the outcome of the upcoming presidential and Congressional elections.
This week in history: Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in USSR
Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m., an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl atomic power station at Pripyat.
Beyond Flint: Water safety is a life or death issue
All over the country, communities are forced to live with tainted water, and it's important to note that in many such cases, in the face of dire health concerns, states exhibit a shocking level of negligence.
A national object lesson: California’s air and coast, a buyer’s market
Most recently, the South Coast Air Quality Management District upended its mission to clean our air.
Next Einstein Forum: African countries seek to keep their brain power
More than 700 persons, researchers, decision-makers, industrialists and heads of state, traced a future path for science in Africa.
Climate change: Learning from the past
We ignore the interwoven connection between population growth and climate change at our own peril.
Lead in Flint water, mold in Detroit schools
The catastrophic levels of pollution and destruction are a direct result of extreme right-wing policies.
LA gas leak among worst ever - could new regulations help?
The leak was halted on February 18, but not before ravaging the atmosphere with roughly 100,000 tons of methane, leaving a carbon footprint larger than the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
A crucial tipping point for the environment
Many climate studies discuss the tipping points for hospitable human life on earth, sometimes referred to as planetary boundaries.
Flint pediatrician says kids can make it with lots of help
Suggestions include early childhood intervention, expansion of WIC, breast feeding education, expansion of mental health services, nutritional services, and mobile food banks.
