News in Brief What Is the Impact of Fishing on Coral Reefs? A study of Caribbean reefs suggests commercial fishing could drastically reduce the supply of key nutrients. By Nathan… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief It’s Not Easy Being Green — and Manly Environmentally friendly behavior needs to be re-branded to appeal to males. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Rosemary Matthews/Keystone Features/Getty… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief America’s First Offshore Wind Farm Is Almost Here Why has offshore wind technology been so slow to catch on in the United States? By Madeleine Thomas… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief What It Took to Save America’s Most Adorable Foxes Officials had to chase golden eagles in helicopters and kill 4,800 feral pigs. By Francie Diep (Photo: Department… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Electric Cars Are Way More Practical Than You Might Think A new study finds that electric vehicles could handle most of our driving needs. By Nathan Collins A… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief America’s Latest 500-Year Rainstorm Is Underway Right Now in Louisiana Observers are calling the record floods a “classic signal of climate change” — and high-resolution models predict another one to… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief A Look at Brazil’s Polluted Waters In the wake of Olympian Evi Van Acker’s intestinal infection—believed to have been caused by water pollution—some facts… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Politics of Food Reform Has Disappeared From the Democratic Agenda It’s easier to plant organic in the White House garden, import a beehive, and leave politics out of… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Another Deluge of Complaints Concerning the Red Cross Emergency managers in Louisiana turned to the Red Cross when record floods swept the state in March, but… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Three More Ways Climate Change Is Going to Change Our Lives Papers published this week detail the effects on our forests, our food supply, and our health. By Nathan… Pacific Standard Staff