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Windfall, Part 3: Squid Pro Quo
The promise of the nascent American offshore wind industry meets an unlikely foe: squid fishermen in Rhode Island. Forces collide — like the enduring…
5 years, 3 months ago
Windfall, Part 2: Please Let Me Finish, Mr. Kennedy.
Ten years ago, a Kennedy and a Koch shared the same goal: stop Cape Wind, America’s would-be first offshore wind farm.
Despite nearly two decades of …
5 years, 4 months ago
Windfall, Part 1: Sea Change
Picture this: thousands of wind turbines off the Atlantic coast, each one taller than the Washington Monument. Offshore wind is seen as an essential …
5 years, 4 months ago
Introducing: Windfall
A new series and an announcement.
After 20 years of politicization and red tape, the U.S. is moving full speed ahead on plans to install thousands of…
5 years, 4 months ago
In Pittsburgh
We’re exposed to plenty of invisible risks in our daily life: toxic compounds in the fabric of our couches, contaminants in the water, and pollutants…
5 years, 5 months ago
Book Club: Trace
Geologist and writer Lauret Savoy considers fossil hunting and historical inquiry to be versions of the same pursuit.
In Trace: Memory, History, Race…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Sand Protocol
While sand beaches comprise just over 30% of the world’s ice-free shorelines, the collective idea of the sand beach can sometimes cast a much bigger …
5 years, 5 months ago
The Trouble With Music About Wilderness
When composer and traveling musician Ben Cosgrove was just 7 years old, he wrote a song called “Waves”. Since then, he’s made a career out of music i…
5 years, 6 months ago
10x10: Sand Beach
Even in the quietest of times, sand beaches are defined by movement and change.
“I think it's fair to say the beach is one of the most flexible or dy…
5 years, 6 months ago
A Climate Activist Goes to Business School
This week, we’re featuring an episode from How To Save A Planet, a podcast about climate change hosted by Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson and Alex Blumbe…
5 years, 7 months ago