Shareholder activists are not new. But increasingly these stockholders are focused on addressing social issues, from climate change to gun violence. Greenpeace activists demonstrate during a shareholders’ meeting of pharmaceutical and chemical giant Bayer in Cologne,...
Those of us suffering through heat waves in the Northern Hemisphere this summer may suspect climate change is here already. But it’s not all doom and gloom. A tiger in a zoo refreshes itself with ice blocks during a heat wave in Rome, Italy, 4 August 2017...
The electric car is here to stay. The shift from conventional vehicles will take time and not be an overnight revolution, but the tipping point will come. A man charges his electric car, Neuenstein, Germany, 4 May 2018 (Sina Schuldt/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images) The...
We knew the dangers of California’s drought. Soon the rush of school life muffled the warning. Until a raging fire awakened us from our indifference. The view from Thacher’s Outdoor Chapel features the pristine Topa Topa Mountains of the Ojai Valley. (Photo...
The media sensationalizes wildfires, overlooking beneficial effects that fire can have nature. Journalists need to take a more sophisticated approach. A firefighter lights a “backfire” to contain the Rocky Fire near Clearlake, California, 3 August 2015. (AP Photo/Josh...