Carbon Offsets: Privileged Pollution?

August 30, 2019

A carbon offset is a credit – a way to offset a unit of pollution created in one place by, say, planting a tree, or otherwise sequestering...

Tom Steyer: Power Disruptor?

August 23, 2019

Would you vote for the candidate who says he’ll declare climate change a national emergency on Day One of his presidency? Businessman and...

Superpower: How Renewables are Transforming America's Energy Future

August 16, 2019

What’s new in renewable energy?
In April, 23 percent of America’s electricity came from renewables, surpassing coal for the first time. Ten...

The Land of Dreams and Drought

August 9, 2019

The California dream, with its promise of never-ending sunshine, fertile soil and rivers running with gold, has been beckoning people west for...

Drawdown: Do We Have What It Takes to Solve Climate Change?

August 2, 2019

When it comes to solving climate change, where do we start?
The organization Project Drawdown has published a list of top solutions for climate...

The Art of the Green Deal

July 26, 2019

The climate conversation in Washington has changed enough that Democrats and Republicans are talking climate deals. A lot of that change can be...

The Fate of Food

July 19, 2019

How will we feed a planet that’s hotter, drier, and more crowded than ever? Much of it starts with innovators who are trying to re-invent the...

Cities for the Future: Where Life Meets Design

July 12, 2019

When Ridley Scott envisioned the dystopian Los Angeles of 2019 in “Blade Runner,” he probably didn’t think about how much energy would be...

REWIND: Climate Winners and Losers

July 5, 2019

Do you live somewhere that might actually benefit from climate change? Rising temperatures and seas will produce losers and winners. Some parts of...

David Wallace-Wells: The Uninhabitable Earth

June 28, 2019

At what point does Planet Earth become inhospitable to life – let alone a flourishing human civilization?
In his new book The Uninhabitable...

Can a Circular Economy Salvage the Climate?

June 21, 2019

Produce, consume, discard: we all know the routine. Raw materials are extracted, produced into goods, and used – sometimes only once – before...

Jay Inslee: The Climate Candidate

June 14, 2019

As the 2020 presidential election approaches, Greg Dalton will be sitting down with some of the candidates to talk about their plans for a clean...

REWIND: Mindful Travel in the Age of Climate Change

June 7, 2019

We’ve all heard that hopping on a plane is one of the worst things we can do for the climate. So how do we justify the environmental costs of...

If You Won't, We Will: Youth Action on Climate

May 31, 2019

Although many climate conversations talk about impacts on future generations, all too often those younger generations are not at the table or in...

David Gergen on Climate Politics and Public Opinion

May 24, 2019

What does a former advisor to Richard Nixon think about the climate crisis?
“This is turning out exactly the way scientists predicted, with one...

Republicans and a Democrat on Climate

May 17, 2019

The Green New Deal is shaking up climate politics in Washington. The resolution’s ambitious clean energy goals are championed by several leading...