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Gov. Jay Inslee on holding a climate debate, Tom Steyer, Trump's foreign policy
Read excerpts from the transcript of the hour-long conversation with the Washington Democrat.
Why humanitarian aid is a powerful foreign policy strategy
Humanitarian aid increases human welfare on a global scale, but it can also be one of the greatest ways of spreading influence and diplomatic power.
The Future of Big Oil? At Shell, It’s Not Oil
The energy giant is shifting to gas as the industry adapts to climate change.
Outdoor Water Conservation Tips
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American Housing Policy’s Two Basic Ideas Pull Cities in Opposite Directions
Local governments can’t resist trying to make a home both a cheap purchase and a lucrative investment.
How do Opposition party policies on housing stack up?
Experts and academics examine eye-catching promises from rent freezes to ending vulture funds
How Ending Offshore Oil Drilling Would Help Fight Climate Change
The government has downplayed the climate impacts of oil drilling, but a new study shows that keeping oil in the ground will help fight climate chang...
Why aren’t the candidates talking about the high cost of housing?
Most Americans spend way too much on rent, but it’s barely come up in the debates.
How rising rents are holding back homeownership
A new study in the Journal of Regional Science shows the long-term effects of disproportionate rent and income growth.
Researching the Q River to learn about foreign substances
HAMDEN--What is in the Quinnipiac River?<br>Well that's a loaded question. Researchers from the University of New Haven are finding how it the foreign things in the water impact what you eat and how you feel.<br>What they’re looking for are endocrine disruptors, which could lead to the increase of estrogen in the river.
The case for preventing climate gentrification
Rebuilding after a disaster isn't just about bricks and mortar. It's about lives and communities.
11 Facts That Will Change The Way You Look At Water
Water is something we should never take for granted. TOMS is helping the population of over 780 million people who don't have access to clean water.
Water wars: How conflicts over resources are set to rise amid climate change
Conserving forests, wetlands and watersheds, including those around cities, can help absorb rainfall, helping stem crop losses from flooding and drought.
Simple steps to fight climate change
Maestretti recommends that people build berms and swales so the water that does flow through your land actually stays there and soaks in.
A Latino nonprofit is holding separated kids. Is that care, complicity or both?
Southwest Key has, for many years, operated shelters that house unaccompanied migrant children. The family separation policy shined a spotlight on that work, and raised uncomfortable questions.
Study finds climate determines shapes of river basins
Results may help identify ancient climates on Earth or other planets.
How housing production, policies impact displacement
Berkeley study reveals impacts of new construction, rent stabilization and just-cause evictions on displacement
How zoning policies affect student achievement
Communities pursuing inclusionary housing policies and socioeconomic school integration programs are demonstrating that we don’t have to accept rising economic segregation as inevitable.
‘Beggars can’t be choosers’ is not sound public policy
They need to accept the help they’re given,” a woman told me at a neighborhood meeting. “We can’t keep letting people make the wrong choice.”
Counterpoint: An inclusionary zoning policy on housing is well-justified
The private market alone won't fix the crisis. Calling for developments to have a modest percentage of affordable units is fair and reasonable.
Local policy tools to meet housing needs
A new report provides a menu of options, including incentives, to support housing preservation and production.
