Staff Spotlight: Jeremy Hinsdale, Senior Web Producer
He helps to translate the amazing breadth of Earth Institute research to the web via interactive data visualizations, photo essays, and more.
Allegra Chen-Carrel Explores How Groups Can Co-Exist Peacefully
She’s working with the Sustaining Peace Project to investigate what helps to maintain long-term peace in societies.Attorneys general in 6 states & NRDC file amicus briefs in support of the youth plaintiffs
Attorneys for the youth plaintiffs also file a brief opposing the intervention motion of 18 Republican states who seek to dismiss the case.
Climate Change Drove Western Heat Wave’s Extreme Records, Analysis Finds
A rapid analysis of last week’s record-breaking heat found that it would have been virtually impossible without the influence of human-caused climate change. The extraordinary...
How misinformation propped up Ohio lawmakers’ latest attack on renewables
Unsupported and misleading statements were the “means to the end” for a bill to cripple new solar and wind energy in Ohio, critics say. How...
Ocean fire exposes weak regulation of Mexico’s oil and gas sector
Pemex said a lightning storm ignited a gas leak from an underwater pipeline. “There was no oil spill and the immediate action taken to control...
Dr. Robert Bullard: ‘We Don’t Have 40 Years’ to Fight for Climate Justice
But this fact comes as no surprise to Dr. Robert Bullard, a professor at Texas Southern University, also known as the “father of environmental justice,”...
The Many Benefits of an All-Electric Fire Truck
If there are any lingering doubts left regarding the reliability of electric vehicles (EVs), a new electric fire truck from the firm Rosenbauer should lay...