As the climate crisis comes to a head and nations across the world implement policies to address the global loss of biodiversity, it is imperative that conservation strategies consider the evolutionary impacts of both the environmental issues that define the Anthropocene and the solutions developed to address them. Continue Reading
Systematic mobile monitoring has the potential to address not only problems in emergency air monitoring but also problems with the city’s existing stationary monitor network. The city’s officials should consider implementing it in the years to come to ensure a better quality of life for all Houstonians. Continue Reading
Fellow Joyce Beebe evaluates a provision of the newly passed SECURE Act, which offers an option for penalty-free withdrawal from IRAs and 401(k)s for new parents. She also discusses Congress’s recent decision to grant 2.1 million federal workers up to 12 weeks paid parental leave. Continue Reading
Fellow Rachel A. Meidl critiques China’s ban on plastics, arguing that “simply banning a product and encouraging the use of understudied alternative products” is not enough. Continue Reading
The recently passed Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act offers several welcome updates to retirement saving rules but has also been widely criticized for limiting the “stretch IRA” strategy. Continue Reading