Pollution & Waste

MacArthur Fellows: Jenna Jambeck, Environmental Engineer

MacArthur Foundation: Jenna Jambeck is an environmental engineer developing new methods for understanding and addressing global plastic pollution. Since the 1950s, humans have produced over 9 billion metric tons of plastic. Jambeck is filling critical gaps in our knowledge concerning the…

The Clean Water Act at 50: Big Successes, More to Be Done

Yale Environment 360: When Steve Meserve’s great-grandfather, Bill Lewis, started the Lewis Fishery in 1888, it was one of dozens of commercial outfits scattered up and down the Delaware River that seined for American shad during the spring spawn. At the time,…

At 75, the Father of Environmental Justice Meets the Moment

New York Times: He’s known as the father of environmental justice, but more than half a century ago he was just Bob Bullard from Elba, a flyspeck town deep in Alabama that didn’t pave roads, install sewers or put up streetlights in…

Why the aviation industry must look beyond carbon to get serious about climate change

The Conversation: Commercial aviation has become a cornerstone of our economy and society. It allows us to rapidly transport goods and people across the globe, facilitates over a third of…