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Thursday, September 05, 2013
Bruce Brandfon - Council Chair
MPH@GW, The George Washington University
Monday, March 27, 2017
Adaptation and preparedness for extreme weather and other adverse events related to climate change are more important now than ever — but are U.S. cities ready?
Tags: Urban Sustainability, urban living, climate change
Monday, February 07, 2011
Matthew O'Connor and Justin Eure reporting for Medill News Service, Northwestern University A new solar cell material could double the energy output of traditional solar photovoltaics, by reacting to nearly the entire light spectrum.
Tags: students, Northwestern University
Tara McLaughlin, president of Kalu Yala Institute, speaks about her background doing volunteer work abroad and current efforts of Kalu Yala to increase integration with San Miguel. (Abigail Foerstner/Medill)
Northwestern University
Friday, June 29, 2018
Real estate entrepreneur Jimmy Stice hopes to build small, sustainable houses in Kalu Yala, the jungle retreat, eco-town, and host to an institute for college interns he founded in the Panamanian rainforest. Medill's Leah Dunlevy reports.
Tags: kalu yala, climate change, Jimmy Stice, sustainable development, real estate
Supporters of President Joe Biden join others in downtown D.C. on Inauguration Day. (Madison Muller/Medill News Service)
Northwestern University
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
President Joe Biden said the U.S. is facing “a climate in crisis” in his inauguration speech Wednesday, marking the beginning of a presidency that promises action on climate. Nico Portuondo reports for Medill.
Tags: biden, climate change, Inauguration, Paris Climate Agreement, climate politics, politics
Monday, May 10, 2010
You would think that after an environmental catastrophe on the scale of the Deepwater Horizon blowout, the federal agency in charge of reviewing plans for new wells would put everything on hold while it figured out what h
Tags: sustainability, Policy, Fossil Fuels, federal government, Bp, oil drilling, deepwater horizon, gulf of mexico, oil companies
Associate Director, Planet Forward
Tuesday, December 08, 2015
Like other "hidden" forms of environmental waste, your best furry friend masks extraordinary amounts of waste behind his cute little face.
Tags: pets, carbon footprint, eco-green living, green living
Student activist Giselle Herzfeld (Mahalia Dryak/Reed College)
Planet Forward Correspondent | Reed College
Wednesday, October 16, 2019
Giselle Herzfeld, 22, chats about the Global Climate Strike movement, 350 Colorado, and her work getting Reed College students involved in the Portland Climate March.
Tags: climate action, climate, climate change, strike, portland, oregon, 350, PFfaces, storyfest2020
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Monday, September 29, 2014
Bill Hohenstein