Should Environmental Reporting Get the Peer-Review Treatment?
A pair of German science journalism professors think so.
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Environmental Justice for Prisoners
Why doesn’t the Environmental Protection Agency count incarcerated populations in its impact statements?
Climate Change? What’s That?
As many as 65 percent of people in some countries haven't even heard of climate change, and perceptions of risk often depend on local temperatures as much as beliefs about humans' role in the changing environment, a new study finds.
How Conservative Pundits Have Become the Most Vocal Champions of Smart Urban Planning
A new generation of conservative pundits is cheerfully blurring the line between red and blue—by embracing smart growth and New Urbanism.
A Blue-Ribbon Panel Issues a Warning on Climate Change and Public Health
A prestigious medical journal warns of the dangers climate change poses to public health in one of the most convincing and most frightening papers on the subject yet.
Donald Trump and the Environmental Cost of Luxury Golf
“Brown Is the New Green”—unless you’ve got deep pockets.
Do Energy-Efficiency Programs Pay for Themselves?
Taking a deeper look at a recent study that many misread the results of.
How a Conservative Billionaire Is Moving Heaven and Earth to Become the Biggest Alternative Energy Giant in the Country
Philip Anschutz wants to turn his 500-square-mile cattle ranch into the world’s largest wind farm. The project would generate four times more electricity than the Hoover Dam, enough to power all of the households in Los Angeles and San Francisco. It would also make Anschutz the nation’s most unlikely environmental hero—if he can ever get the thing built.
Tilting at Windmills
An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.
In the Spiritual Fight Against Climate Change, the Pope Is Not Alone
When it comes to climate change, Pope Francis and many other world religious leaders are cut from the same cloth.