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Saturday, October 03, 2020
There’s no denying that climate is a polarizing political issue. Here are 10 ideas on how environmentalists can beat the power brokers and save the planet.
Tags: Environment, climate change, Politics & Policy, bipartisanship, book, opinion
Lowry Construction Inc.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
As a native San Franciscan who cares deeply about the environment, I’m writing with a clean water and energy proposal that I believe would simultaneously impact this and several other issues faced by our state.
Tags: solar, california aqueduct, cheap energy, jobs creation
Traveling on boats is the main mode of transportation between islands of Guna Yala, and most are operated by local Guna people. (Luodan Rojas/Medill)
Northwestern University
Monday, June 04, 2018
Separated by miles of ocean and a 2-hour drive, or a 50-mile hike, through the jungle, Guna Yala and Kalu Yala are two of Panama’s most sustainable communities, but they also are starkly different. Medill's Luodan Rojas reports.
Tags: kalu yala, Guna Yala, sustainability, ecotourism, off grid living, sustainable living
EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan, right, vowed to “reinject science” into federal climate policy in a conversation with Planet Forward Founder Frank Sesno, left, at the 2021 Planet Forward Summit.
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Monday, April 12, 2021
The Planet Forward Summit drew students and experts from across the country, and around the world, to consider actions needed to address and communicate climate change.
Tags: pfsummit21, summit, epa, phoenix, GWU, single-use plastic, science communication
Tuesday, July 06, 2010
In the rugged canyons of America’s last frontier, modern explorers search for signs of ancient history. Covering nearly 2 million acres of southern Utah and Northern Arizona Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument is attracting attention.
Tags: Environment, fossil fuel, nature, fossils, Grand Staircase, history, fauna
Monday, April 30, 2012
As the lone proponent of America’s natural gas abundance in the 1970s, Robert Hefner is not new to the conversation surrounding renewable energy.
Tags: GWU, renewable energy, natural gas, GWMoving, Robert Hefner
Monday, January 30, 2012
These developers at Pecan Street Inc. believe that a sustainable economy must be based on promoting clean energy. They work closely with local businesses and the University of Texas-Austin to develop a systems that reduces the cost of both energy...
Tags: Smart Grid, The Smartest of them All, Taxing Energy Systems
A young girl in the Alaskan village of Shungnak plays in the Kobuk river after a storm.
University of Montana
Friday, March 03, 2017
This short film captures what progress symbolizes in the Alaskan Brooks Range.
Tags: progress, Development, storyfest2017, indigenous peoples, Alaska, Environment
Planet Forward/GWU
Thursday, June 20, 2013
International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) educates local farmers on what could potentially kill off their crops and how to stretch the limited water supply to more land -- with IITA this produce could go all over the world!