Articles

Anisha Jain (Harris '26) explores the possibilities and responsibilities presented by AI-based weather models.

Iris Badezet-Delory (College '27) explores three obstacles preventing cities from effectively adapting to climate change and shares alternative planning strategies.

Rachel Suominen explores the history of the Chicago River and the groups working to restore it.

Tatjana Washington explores Chicago's historic environmental inequities and some of the City's recent sustainability projects.

From staged sapling plantings to headline-grabbing beach clean-ups, India’s climate discourse often privileges optics over impact, writes Saniya Lopes. Without a shift toward systemic, evidence-based interventions, its cities will continue to suffocate under smog, flood in monsoons, and struggle against...

Bipartisan cooperation can still shape US climate policy through economics, state-led initiatives, innovations, and coalitions, writes Iris Badezet-Delory (College '27).

Anisha Jain (Harris '26) writes that setting sustainable choices as the default and reframing communications to promote co-benefits can aid progress on climate.

Rachel Suominen (Harris '26) provides thoughts on communicating about climate change with people with different views.

Taking advantage of distributed energy resources is key to our grid's future, writes Alexandra Costo (College '28).

Jon-Edward Stokes (PME '30) examines future energy storage technologies to enable a more reliable and sustainable grid.