Today we’re celebrating International Women’s Day with an interview with Professor Ruth DeFries on her new book, “What Would Nature Do? A Guide for Our Uncertain Times”

She’s fighting for access to education for some of India’s most marginalized groups, and finding creative ways to blur the line between schools and communities.

Our human need for social interaction will influence our calculus and my hope is that when normal life resumes, we never again take it for granted.

How federal agencies can and will incorporate environmental justice into their operations.

Over 70% of the American public favors Biden’s stimulus plan and I suspect a similar number will support an infrastructure bill that will rebuild our roads and restore employment.

While we need to mitigate climate change and will need government-driven public policy to do that, we must also adapt to the climate change that is already underway.

We should be able to find it in our hearts to help children, dreamers and refugees, and our new president gives me hope we can do just that.

Unfortunately, growing urban emissions mean that the reprieve may only be temporary.

Human technology and ingenuity have created a world of comfort, curiosity and creativity. But we have failed to account for their impacts on the systems that sustain the planet and in turn sustain human life.

Instead of taxing fossil fuels we should subsidize and invest in renewable energy.