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View from Hawk Mountain (Rachel Freed/George Washington University)
George Washington University
Monday, August 29, 2022
As climate change worsens and people migrate, seeking safety in higher elevations, Appalachia is expected to become a prime destination for thousands of Americans. How can this new community create a sustainable future?
Tags: climate change, sustainability, Appalachia, coal mining, youth, organizing, research, climate migration, migration
Lancaster Central Market in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, faced drastic customer reductions at the beginning of the pandemic, resulting in the closure of several stands, and yet most still endure. (Jared Kofsky/PlaceNJ.com/Creative Commons)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | New York University
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Why do people continue to go hungry in one of the wealthiest nations in the world? And what can we do about the food system to prevent this from happening?
Tags: wfd2020, pandemic, food access, hunger, food, agriculture, local food, food system
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)
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
Friday, February 03, 2023
Proposed changes are coming to two expressways that have disrupted historically Black communities in different Upstate New York cities.
Tags: transportation, Infrastructure, environmental racism, environmental justice, Government
Friday, March 30, 2012
A plan announced this week to use propane to begin developing shale formations in New York state will test technology, law, politics, and policy with the latest twist to the controversial fracking issue.
Tags: fracking
Biology student Selah Phillips collects algae at the Pacora River. She hopes the oil she has extracted from the algae can be processed into sustainable biodiesel. (Maddie Burakoff/Medill)
Northwestern University
Friday, June 29, 2018
Maddie Burakoff of Medill reports that at eco-institute Kalu Yala, researchers seek out environmental solutions in the midst of one of the most biodiverse regions in the world, but grapple with sustaining their own progress.
Tags: kalu yala, panama, Ryan King, Selah Phillips, Jules Hart, Tara McLaughlin, algae, Black soldier flies, Medill, Maddie Burakoff
The Mighty Mac towers over the blue waters of the Straits of Mackinac; hundreds of feet below the surface lurks Line 5. (Jenna Spray/Medill)
Northwestern University
Friday, January 15, 2021
The decision to revoke the easement allowing a crude oil pipeline — Line 5 — to operate comes after more than 15 months of investigation into possible environmental and safety risks, reports Jenna Spray for Medill.
Tags: michigan, oil spill, gas, great lakes, pipeline, Fossil Fuels
The view from a bluff in the Ponca Wilderness in Compton, Arkansas. These lands, like much of what is now the state of Arkansas, are native to Indigenous peoples including the Osage, Sioux, Quapaw, and Caddo. (Image courtesy of Thomas Shahan/Flickr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/).
Digital Editor, Planet Forward
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Indigenous professor Dr. Bethany Henry Rosenbaum asked a powerful question: How do we bridge the Indigenous understanding that removal of Native people is still impactful today with the Western understanding that it’s in the past?
Tags: Indigenous Knowledge, environmental justice, bio-cultural restoration, Ecosystems, pollution, education, indigenous peoples
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
Thursday, April 23, 2020
How to cover climate change as a journalist when there is a rich history of politicization and misinformation.
Tags: climate change, renewable energy, Fossil Fuels, Exxon, solar, environmental journalism, media, Global Climate Strike, divestment, National Divestment Day
Northwestern University
Tuesday, February 07, 2017
As the pace of sea level rise accelerates around Puerto Rico, families are raising their furniture on milk crates and building second floors on their homes to adapt to the changes.