By Nancy Zafrani Approximately 40 million Americans move every year, and all of this moving can contribute to a huge amount of waste and pollution. While...
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Rejecting ‘Business as Usual’ While Planet Burns, Students Vow to Occupy Schools Worldwide
By JULIA CONLEY Students from around the world announced [in July] their intention to “disrupt business as usual” at their universities and schools this...
Climate Crisis Pushes Migratory Monarch Butterflies Onto Endangered List
By JAKE JOHNSON The International Union for Conservation of Nature [in July] formally listed the beloved migratory monarch butterfly as endangered, citing dire threats...
The Value of “R”: Insulating for Comfort and Efficiency
By Anna Haefele In 1978, California passed Title 24, a landmark legislation that unified building codes and mandated energy efficiency for new and modified buildings....
Can Lessons from Past Social Movements Help Solve Our Planetary Challenges?
By ANDREW GAINES A Force More Powerful: A Century of Nonviolent Conflict tells the stories of a number of 20th Century nonviolent social movements that changed...
Inflation Reduction Act Brings Renewed Hope for Climate Action
By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL After refusing to support the nearly $2 trillion Build Back Better Act last year, Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-WV) has...
Designing for Net-Zero: How Architecture Influences Energy Demand
By Anna Haefele When it comes to energy efficient buildings, what often comes to mind are active design components like modern appliances, LED lightbulbs, electric vehicle...
Can Dutch Circularity Lessons Be Applied to Northern Virginia?
By Brandon Licata In June 2022, Leaders in Energy (LE), the Northern Virginia Regional Commission, and Circular Friesland co-hosted a webinar on “The Place-Based Circular...
Overfishing: Understanding Its Significant Impact on Sustainability
By Coty Perry We hear the word “sustainability” used all the time. We use it to talk about pollution, emissions, waste management, and much more. One...
Peak Performance: Enhancing Household Health and Comfort
By DR. MIRIAM ACZEL Home performance describes how the different systems in a home work together to create comfortable, healthy, and energy-efficient indoor environments....
Leaders in Energy Year-In-Review 2021
By Dr. Miriam Aczel and Janine Finnell Introduction 2021 was another challenging year in many ways. From the COVID-19 pandemic which continued to cause dramatic...
What You Need to Know About the IPCC Climate Mitigation Report
By Mausam Jamwal Known as one of the world’s foremost authorities on climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a part of its...