Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. A little more than a year ago, there was a feeling among many editors and reporters that the climate-change story had, in a ...

In their first chapters, many introductory econ texts list “challenges every economy must face.” “How does the economy adapt to change?” usually is on the list. That question confronts us now as we ...

Introduction to Astronomy is a college class usually filled with excitement and a lot of questions about outer space. Questions like: What are black holes? Are there planets out there that are ...

On a Thursday this fall, hundreds of students at the University of California, San Diego, were heading to classes that, at least on paper, seemed to have very little to do with their majors. Hannah ...

After almost 2 weeks of heated talks and dissension, the biggest environmental policy conference of the year ended with a deal for the world to start “transitioning away from fossil fuels in energy ...

Catharine Schutzius said she joined Third Act Illinois, a nonprofit for elderly peoples for climate change action, after overhearing her son question whether he should have kids given the ...

The Environmental Protection Agency has recently proposed a new standard to reduce power plant carbon emissions by 30 percent by 2030. This rule is part of a larger effort by the Obama administration ...

This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. On a Thursday this fall, hundreds of students at the ...

Years ago, astronomy professors started noticing something that troubled them: Many of their students didn't understand climate change and the... Why Astronomy 101 is 'perfect' for teaching climate ...