Hybrid Cabs in DC

Joe Laliberte and Victoria Riess show how Hybrid Cabs in Washington, DC are making a difference

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A portion of Rochester's Inner Loop taken from a driver's view. An upcoming bridge displays two different exit signs. No cars are on the expressway, except one in front of the camera.

The construction of Rochester, New York's Inner Loop not only damaged communities, but it also decreased pedestrian biking traffic, contributing to a car-centric infrastructure. As seen in this image, traffic volumes on the Inner Loop were never particularly high, which is one of the factors that led to its removal. (Doug Kerr/CC BY-SA 2.0)

Jenna Magioncalda

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

Corporate sustainability review: Google

An illustration of a green globe encompassed by green skyscrapers with a towering hoops with vines at center.

Like many large corporations, Google has made numerous claims about their environmental sustainability and mitigation efforts. (geralt/Pixabay)

Lily John

Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

Uncle Sam give US back our trains for Christmas

Brando Morales (he/him)

Middlebury College

Senate panel weighs economic impacts of EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard program

A red gas pump with yellow fuel option buttons.

Both experts and lawmakers expressed concern about how EPA policies might impact fuel costs, particularly in light of American prices hitting their highest level in eight years. (Photo courtesy of Dawn McDonald/Unsplash)

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Voluntary offsetting in air travel: A carbon footprint fix?

A plane wing in flight from the vantage point of a plane passenger.

(Photo by Julia MacCary)

Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Mitigation measures underway for town of many floods: Maryland’s Historical Ellicott City

The bridge in Ellicott City among debris after the flooding in 2016.

The Ellicott City bridge among debris and boarded-up shop doors after the devastating 2016 flood (Photo Courtesy of Preservation Maryland/Creative Commons).

Emma Page

George Washington University

Public good or private interest: The debate over funding a future U.S. high speed rail