by Emma Ricketts and Grant Schwab | Apr 11, 2023 | Environment, Featured
WASHINGTON — As the Inflation Reduction Act ushers in generous new tax credits linked to renewables, backers are hopeful that regions once dependent on coal, like Southwest Virginia, could be among its beneficiaries. “If it’s not a watershed moment for a...
by Monica Sager and Susanti Sarkar | Mar 17, 2023 | Education
Missy Dirks, the president of the Frederick County Teacher Association, has seen her peers stressed, overworked and disheartened. The increasing workloads and the sudden switch to virtual education during the pandemic have made an already difficult job even harder for...
by Joslyn Richardson | Mar 16, 2023 | Environment
Hooksiel, Germany – After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German government decided it was time to wean itself off its reliance on Russian oil. As an alternative, the government has turned to liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a new energy source and has started...
by Emma Ricketts | Mar 16, 2023 | Politics
Standing before a crowd of more than 2,000 people shortly before her election as Prime Minister in 2017, Jacinda Ardern declared that climate change was her “generation’s nuclear free moment.” Referring to New Zealand’s decision in the 1980s to eschew atomic energy...
by Emma Ricketts and Susanti Sarkar | Mar 16, 2023 | Environment
Washington D.C.’s cherry blossoms are expected to reach peak bloom two weeks earlier than the historic average this year. Is this a sign of climate change? Susanti Sarkar and Emma Ricketts spoke to experts in climate science and phenology about why direct attributions...
by Kaila Nichols | Mar 14, 2023 | Featured, Politics
After a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissioner proposed a ban on future gas stoves earlier this year, he sparked a national debate. But what’s behind this uproar? New studies have found that gas emissions from stoves may harm our health. However, years of...
