State and local officials should work together to improve safety standards for clean drinking water in Texas, particularly around military bases and airports where levels of PFAS, chemical compounds that do not break down in our bodies or in the environment, are often higher due to the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foams. Continue Reading
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
China’s educational institutions are continuing to lose autonomy, with General Secretary Xi Jinping asserting that universities must “serve the Communist party in its management of the country” and that “adherence to the Party’s leadership is essential to the development of higher education in the country.” Continue Reading
Though the stated policy of recent tariffs on Chinese goods is to protect American business, small businesses may be at a relative disadvantage. Continue Reading
For small firms who may lack the financial and legal resources of larger businesses to circumvent or absorb the costs of tariffs, the economic situation is particularly perilous. Only time will tell precisely how much of those costs they can bear. Continue Reading
The Trump administration has been quietly pushing to relax vehicle emissions rules, which will have broad economic and environmental ramifications. Continue Reading