Environment
‘Green steel’ heating up in Sweden’s frozen north
April 4, 2022A high-tech pilot plant is seeking to significantly reduce the carbon emissions involved in steel production by switching some of that process away from burning coking coal to burning hydrogen that itself was produced with renewable...
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Chicago story shows Poor People’s Campaign participants the power of solidarity
March 31, 2022Oscar Sanchez, a resident of Chicago’s Southeast Side, talks about how to defeat toxic waste dumpers in poor neighborhoods.
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A hostile Supreme Court threatens environmental progress
March 30, 2022The court’s ‘Major Questions’ doctrine could block regulators from protecting species or tackling climate change.
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Peak cherry blossom season in Washington, D.C. is early again
March 28, 2022The harbinger of spring brings joy, but also growing unease over climate change.
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How Heirs’ Property fueled 90 percent decline in Black-owned farmland
March 24, 2022Black farmland ownership, which peaked in 1910 at 16 to 19 million acres, has decreased to less than 3 million acres today, and Black farmers represent just over 1% of all U.S. farmers.
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