How taking a closer look at your family tree can help you get to grips with climate change

Understanding how our ancestors may have benefited from industrialisation and colonialism could help us become more climate-friendly citizens.

Flossie Kingsbury, Postdoctoral Research Associate in History, Aberystwyth University • conversation
May 18, 2022 • ~7 min

How to meet America’s climate goals: 5 policies for Biden’s next climate bill

President Joe Biden needed a Plan B, one that Congress could approve, to take to the UN climate conference. But his new strategy is unlikely to meet the country’s emissions reduction goals for 2030.

Kelly Sims Gallagher, Professor of Energy and Environmental Policy and Director, Center for International Environment and Resource Policy at The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
Oct. 30, 2021 • ~11 min

How soon could carbon capture technology solve industry CO₂ shortages?

CO₂ is used in a range of industries, from food production to pharmaceuticals.

Peter Styring, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, University of Sheffield • conversation
Sept. 24, 2021 • ~6 min

Sweden's first labour movement didn't fear technological change – they embraced it to demand higher wages

Sweden electrified at the turn of the 20th century, leading to over 8,000 work stoppages – but the strikers were no Luddites.

Tobias Karlsson, Senior Lecturer in Historical Labour Markets, Lund University • conversation
May 17, 2021 • ~8 min

The risk of preterm birth rises near gas flaring, reflecting deep-rooted environmental injustices in rural America

A study shows that low-income communities and communities of color are bearing the brunt of the energy industry's pollution in the region. The risks also extend to the unborn.

Lara Cushing, Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences, Fielding School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles • conversation
Aug. 20, 2020 • ~8 min

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