Articles

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.

Abhishekh Ashok Parmar (Booth '26) examines how copper scrap can help tech companies meet their ambitious climate goals.

Tatjana Washington (CEB '27) examines how the Midwest's electric vehicle sector continues to grow through state policies, private investment, and consumer demand, despite federal funding cuts and policy uncertainty.

Alexandra Costo (College ’28) analyzes how AI and cloud computing are accelerating electricity demand from data centers and straining U.S. and global energy systems, while exploring what a sustainable future might require.

Jon-Edward Stokes (PME '30) explores the environmental and equity implications of building a quantum computing park in Southeast Chicago, urging a more community-conscious approach to sustainable inventions.