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By Ellie Ramm Governments, businesses and universities are focusing increasing resources and attention on what is now our nation’s largest generation, millennials. Generally defined as those born between 1982 and 2000, millennials now represent the largest share of the American workforce. They’re more educated than prior generations. They’re more culturally diverse. And they’re more socially conscious. How will this millennial generation shape our climate and energy future? C

By Sarah Peters At last December’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP 21), the USA set ambitious goals to cut carbon emissions and to invest in clean energy. One of the ways that we will reach those goals is through renewable energy technology. And already, we can see industry and policy pushing forward. Meeting the current challenge When I say “renewable energy” you probably imagine this: Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind are inconsistent; on sunny or windy days

By Tamara Toles O’Laughlin Think big potato, act small fry The conclusion of COP21 created much needed space for serious efforts to incite comprehensive, structural change for the planet and its inhabitants. By whatever means, we’ve got a critical mass that at least agrees that merely mitigating the most damaging effects of climate change isn’t enough. The next challenge is to break from the attitudes, systems, and assumptions that got us into this mess. Huzzah! We are, at lo

Extraction Has A Human Face Written by Caroline Selle, the Zero Waste Girl At Power Shift 2013, thousands of young people gathered to talk and learn about justice in the environmental movement. Held Oct. 18-21, the latest edition of the biannual conference focused on the the intersection of race, class, gender, and sexuality with fossil fuel extraction and climate change. And as the problems with racism and environmental justice issues continue to be prevalent in Washington,