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Monday, January 03, 2011
In the world-wide race to develop energy sources that are seen as "green" because they are renewable and less GHG intensive, sometimes the most basic questions remain unanswered.
Tags: biofuel, Ethanol, Fossil Fuels, hybrid cars, public policy, politics, sustainable fuel, University of Calgary, Sarah Jordaan, Harvard
Founding Director, Planet Forward
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Amid the COVID-19 global pandemic and social unrest, we are seeing people around the world be more sensitive and understanding to one another.
Tags: public health, podcast, covid-19, coronavirus, empathy, psychiatry, science communication, social unrest
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Maryland high school student Sam Pritt is pulling ahead of his classmates and helping citizen environmentalists contribute to larger research projects along the way.
Tags: citizen science, geolocation, community remote sensing
George Washington University
Wednesday, June 10, 2020
While a silver lining of the global pandemic, improved air quality, is making headlines across the media, the darker shadow behind this story is the impact past exposure to air pollution has on our bodies’ responses to the coronavirus.
Tags: air pollution, particulates, coronavirus, disparity, air quality, public health, covid-19
George Washington University
Friday, December 02, 2022
Robotic bees are being developed to study buzz pollination and help support the conservation of declining bee populations across the globe.
Tags: Biodiversity, Bees, ecology, animals, research, pollinators, nature, biotechnology
Naomi Oreskes addresses scientists at the annual AAAS Conference in Boston. (Janice Cantieri/MEDILL)
Northwestern University
Friday, February 24, 2017
Harvard historian Naomi Oreskes urged hundreds of scientists to step beyond the objectivity of their data and embrace the riskier role as “sentinels” for scientific facts.
Tags: naomi oreskes, merchants of doubt, climate change, politics, AAAS, climate science, environmental policy
Thursday, April 19, 2012
The growing role of natural gas in the U.S. energy mix continues to confound and divide renewable energy experts and investors. Is America’s abundant supply of shale gas a boon for the renewable industry, or undercutting it?
Tags: natural gas, fracking, solar wind
Each basketball season, UConn's Office of Sustainability and UConn Athletics partner to host a Green Game Day at Gampel Pavilion to promote recycling and engage with the community. (Maggie Singman)
University of Connecticut
Monday, December 19, 2022
How the world of athletics can lead the charge in addressing climate change at the game day level and beyond.
Tags: sustainability, UCONN, Green Athletics
George Washington University
Monday, May 12, 2014
One GW professor is using high-tech machine learning to find the best ways to look at our changing climate.
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Planet Forward Correspondent | Arizona State University
Monday, March 07, 2022
A non-profit fashion incubator based in Tempe, Arizona is focused on helping apparel entrepreneurs enter the industry in a sustainable manner. They have founded several initiatives to minimize waste in the fashion industry.