Just in time for back-to-school shopping: How retailers can alter customer behavior to encourage more sustainable returns

Returns cost companies billions of dollars in lost sales. They also generate emissions and packaging waste. Two logistics experts offer some tips from psychology for more sustainable returns.

Robert Overstreet, Assistant Professor of Supply Chain Management, Iowa State University • conversation
July 19, 2023 ~9 min

Right-to-charge laws bring the promise of EVs to apartments, condos and rentals

Illinois passed the latest law requiring new apartment buildings to be wired for EV chargers. Now apartment communities are figuring out the best ways to make shared charging work for everyone.

Eleftheria Kontou, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign • conversation
June 27, 2023 ~8 min


How California's ambitious new climate plan could help speed energy transformation around the world

California is one of the world’s largest economies, and it’s aiming for net-zero emissions by 2045. A transportation expert involved in the plan explains why it just might succeed.

Daniel Sperling, Distinguished Blue Planet Prize Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Founding Director, Institute of Transportation Studies, University of California, Davis • conversation
Jan. 26, 2023 ~13 min

Petrol prices are rising, but fuel duty cuts aren't the answer

Social justice really can go hand in hand with environmental policy – here’s how.

Greg Marsden, Professor of Transport Governance, University of Leeds • conversation
June 16, 2022 ~6 min

Here's why China probably won't dominate the electric car market this year

China is powering ahead with EV production, but Chinese EVs might not be ready to face the global market.

David Tyfield, Professor in Sustainable Transitions and Political Economy, Lancaster University • conversation
Jan. 6, 2022 ~7 min

COP26: experts react to the UN climate summit and Glasgow Pact

Has the summit delivered on its goals?

Ran Boydell, Visiting Lecturer in Sustainable Development, Heriot-Watt University • conversation
Nov. 13, 2021 ~11 min

COP26: Seven reasons global transport is so hard to decarbonise

Some pollution is locked in for years to come, and there are no simple solutions.

Christian Brand, Associate Professor in Transport, Energy & Environment, Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford • conversation
Nov. 10, 2021 ~8 min

COP26: here's how much progress the UK has made on three key net zero pledges

Electric vehicle sales are booming and coal power is dwindling, but structural obstacles to net zero remain.

Ljubomir Jankovic, Professor of Advanced Building Design, University of Hertfordshire • conversation
Nov. 1, 2021 ~11 min


Rural Alaska has a bridge problem as permafrost thaws and crossing river ice gets riskier with climate change

Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state, and that’s causing problems, a team of bridge engineers and social scientists explains. The infrastructure bill in Congress would offer some help.

Rebecca Napolitano, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State • conversation
Oct. 12, 2021 ~8 min

Rural Alaska needs new bridges as permafrost thaws and crossing river ice gets riskier – the infrastructure bill is only a start

Alaska is warming faster than any other U.S. state. That’s causing problems for river crossings, as a team of bridge engineers and social scientists explains.

Rebecca Napolitano, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering, Penn State • conversation
Oct. 12, 2021 ~8 min

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