Family Matters

Jun 7, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

The town that online shopping built — and women are trying to save

How Come the “Settled Science”...

Jun 7, 2019 by Casey Coates Danson

How often have you read or heard, “Vaccine science is settled”?

Court to Big Fracking Company:...

Jun 6, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

In a key property rights decision, two West Virginia residents scored a rare victory from the state Supreme Court.

Meet the Money Behind The Clim...

Jun 6, 2019 by Casey Coates Danson

Nearly a billion dollars a year is flowing into the organized climate change counter-movement

In These U.S. Cities, Heat Wav...

Jun 6, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Even half a degree warming matters. A new study shows how meeting the Paris climate agreement goals would make a difference in lives saved or lost.

Robert Downey Jr. wants to use...

Jun 6, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Climate change: I am inevitable.

Robert Downey Jr.: I am Iron Man.

We Were Missing Most of the Pl...

Jun 6, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

The highest levels of microplastics are found more than 650 feet below the surface.

North Carolina’s poultry...

Jun 5, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

All eyes have been on the state’s hog farms, while its poultry operations have quietly tripled in number over the past two decades with little oversight.

The climate renegade

Jun 4, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

What happens when someone wants to go it alone on fixing the climate?

3 Ways to Push Back Against Pl...

Jun 4, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

How to reduce single-use plastics in your everyday life

Vermont passes bill to reduce ...

Jun 4, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

As bee populations decline, a major victory for pollinators in Vermont

You need to see how this teen ...

Jun 4, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Ollie Nancarrow spent part of both Saturday and Sunday mowing his mother’s lawn. But this was no ordinary teen chore

We cannot have Environmental J...

Jun 3, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Abortion access is critical and necessary to our health and well being of our environment

Arctic Is Thawing So Fast Scie...

Jun 3, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

We’ve never experienced anything like this: We are living with the full knowledge of our collapsing biosphere and watching huge portions of it vanishing before our very eyes.

Ohio’s Nuclear Bailout Plan Ba...

Jun 3, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

It’s a trifecta the Trump administration has pushed for nationally, with businesses and homeowners footing the bill for uneconomical power plants.

Good news for climate activist...

Jun 3, 2019 by GlobalPossibilities

Do marches convince bystanders to join a movement, or do they push them away? Sure, if you go out into the street waving a sign that says “There is no Planet B,” it feels like you’re doing something good.

Road to 2020: The roots of Ber...

Jun 3, 2019 by Casey Coates Danson

It was a quixotic bid from the start. Bernie Sanders was what Vermonters derisively call a “flatlander” – someone who moved to the state after growing up elsewhere, in this case New York City.

Why the Building Sector May Be...

Jun 2, 2019 by Casey Coates Danson

Architects have enormous sway in specifying building materials and modes of operation; they also understand the political, budget, and client-education barriers to executing zero-carbon designs better than anyone.

‘Gas Is a Loser and It&#...

Jun 1, 2019 by Casey Coates Danson

“Despite desperate attempts by the oil and gas industry to persuade policymakers that their products have a future in a climate-safe world, a rational look at the data clearly shows otherwise.”

CNN ran a ‘climate justice’ se...

Jun 1, 2019 by Casey Coates Danson

Now that climate change is finally becoming a thing on cable news, networks also seem to be catching on to the existence of climate injustice.