Tiptoeing Through the Renewable Energy Minefield

By Richard Heinberg / On June 21st, 2016
As just about everyone knows, there are gaping chasms separating the worldviews of fossil fuel promoters, nuclear power advocates, and renewable energy supporters. But crucially, even among those who disdain fossils and nukes, there is a seemingly unbridgeable gulf between those who say that solar and wind power have unstoppable momentum and will eventually bring with them lower energy prices and millions of jobs, and those who say these intermittent energy sources are inherently incapable of sustaining modern industrial societies and can make headway only with massive government subsidies.

#ForewordFriday: Our Renewable Future Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On June 17th, 2016
Around the world, renewable energy is making headlines: last month, clean energy supplied almost all of Germany’s power demand for one day, while Portugal ran entirely on renewable energy for 107 hours straight. Countries agree that we need to transition to a renewable world.

In Uncertain Times, Design for Community

By Alec Appelbaum / On June 16th, 2016
When I think about climate change, I like to look at a photo of my daughter and her two dear friends—not just because of their sweet smiles, but because the photo offers an important clue to how we can design cities to thrive in uncertain times.

Riots and Resilience in Baltimore and Beyond

By Denise Fairchild / On June 14th, 2016
The city exploded in flames. Lives were lost. Billions of dollars’ worth of property was destroyed. Businesses were shuttered forever.

#ForewordFriday: Climate Change in Wildlands Edition

By Katharine Sucher / On June 10th, 2016
Wildland ecosystems are facing twin threats of unprecedented climate-induced change and increased impacts from a growing human population. A unique collaboration between scientists and managers, Climate Change in Wildlands offers the framework necessary for keeping wildlands healthy on a rapidly changing planet. It sets out to understand how climate and land use changes affect mountain landscapes of the Rockies and the Appalachians, and how these findings can be applied to wildlands every

An inclusive climate movement starts to rise in the Southeast

By Seandra Pope, Keya Chatterjee, Danielle Hilton / On June 7th, 2016
It’s no secret that the climate movement, despite some recent successes, has its problems. Spoken by mostly white voices, our messages are sometimes out of touch with the priorities of frontline communities: the ethnic minorities and low-income people who unfairly absorb the health and economic costs of climate change and environmental pollution.

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