• Valley fever moves north in state

    8/14/23 | San Francisco Chronicle

    The effects of climate change in California, from harsher heat waves to more volatile rainstorms, are well established. Lesser known is what those crises can help fuel: the northern migration of… Read More

  • Doggie Diner head in Golden Gate Park is set ablaze

    7/8/23 | San Francisco Chronicle

    They were a sight to behold on JFK Promenade in Golden Gate Park — three giant Doggie Diner heads, at once familiar to longtime San Franciscans… Read More

  • Milestones and miles to go: Inside the ongoing coal ash cleanup work in North Carolina

    8/26/22 | The Charlotte Observer

    At a sharp bend in the Catawba River, across from Cowan’s Ford Wildlife Refuge and a few… Read More

  • Another reason an on-campus ANC race tied 1-1? Incorrect ballots

    4/27/23 | The Eagle

    Diego Carney was excited to vote in the 2022 midterm elections. It wasn’t just his first time voting — it was his first time voting for himself… Read More

  • US Supreme Court climate ruling has limited impact in NC

    7/10/22 | The Charlotte Observer

    The response to last week’s major Supreme Court ruling limiting the power of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was swift and intense. Environmentalists called it a devastating setback in the fight… Read More

  • New theater partnership explores race, class and unity

    7/31/22 | The Charlotte Observer

    About four years ago, Karli Henderson had the idea to put a professional theater company on Davidson College’s campus. Henderson, a theater producer and lecturer at Davidson, knew it wasn’t… Read More

  • COVID advances public health courses

    7/28/23 | San Francisco Chronicle

    Months into the COVID-19 pandemic and amid the national reckoning over the murder of George Floyd, Andrea Jacobo underwent a transformation… Read More

  • The people who find, investigate and sue polluters on the Potomac

    12/9/22 | The Eagle

    On a warm Wednesday in late October, Dean Naujoks guided the smaller of his two boats out of the Washington Sailing Marina and onto the river he has… Read More

  • Gas stoves emit carcinogen, new Stanford study shows

    6/21/23 | San Francisco Chronicle

    Gas stoves, which are used in a majority of California households, can emit a chemical linked to cancer at levels higher than those caused by secondhand… Read More

  • Warming winters are making cherry blossoms bloom earlier, potentially putting their flowers at risk

    3/23/23 | The DC Line

    When Jeff Reinbold, the National Park Service’s superintendent of the National Mall… Read More

  • Mary Cheh ends reelection bid as DC Council hopefuls jockey for position

    2/22/22 | The Eagle

    It came first as a shock, then as a moment of opportunity: Mary Cheh, the veteran D.C. Councilmember representing Ward 3, was ending her bid… Read More

  • AU to move to Tenleytown-centered ANC and get second commissioner in Ward 3 redistricting

    4/20/22 | The Eagle

    American University will gain a second Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner and move… Read More

  • Magnolia Mead is taking the fight for climate justice to the top

    11/8/21 | The Eagle

    Magnolia Mead was walking briskly. It was a chilly afternoon in late October, and Mead, an American University freshman, was keeping pace with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) as he left the Capitol… Read More

  • Are DC’s incentives getting more kids vaccinated? Experts aren’t sure.

    10/27/21 | The Eagle

    In early August, about a month before D.C. public schools reopened for in-person classes, city officials unveiled a wave of prizes to encourage… Read More

  • CATS ridership rises along with bus driver shortage frustration

    6/24/22 | The Charlotte Observer

    The number of people in Charlotte who rode public transit in May was significantly higher than during the same period last year, according to data released Wednesday by CATS… Read More