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Heat Pumps: Are they really more sustainable?
Gillian Fuhrmeister

George Washington University

Heat Pumps: Are they really more sustainable?
Does liquefied natural gas have a green future in Germany? Leaders and experts offer differing outlooks
Christina van Waasbergen

Northwestern University

Does liquefied natural gas have a green future in Germany? Leaders and experts offer differing outlooks
Reimagining and democratizing small wind 
Katie Perkins

Planet Forward Correspondent | Texas Tech University

Reimagining and democratizing small wind 
Germany and its liquified natural gas issue: “There is no need”
Monica Sager

Northwestern University

Germany and its liquified natural gas issue: “There is no need”
School’s out on fossil fuels: Divesting in higher education
Sachi Kitajima Mulkey

Planet Forward Sr. Correspondent | University of California, Berkeley

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Indigenous energy and equations
Shondiin Mayo

Indigenous Correspondent Program | University of Alaska Fairbanks

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Can wind decarbonize Great Lakes shipping? Cargo vessels “veer” into alternative power
Audrey Richardson

Michigan State University

Can wind decarbonize Great Lakes shipping? Cargo vessels “veer” into alternative power
Music, mobilizing, and making a living on a living planet
Pace Schwarz

Georgetown University

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Thermal cooker helps reduce indoor air pollution, use of wood as fuel
Beverly Ndifoin

Mandela Washington Fellow | Notre Dame University

A woman in a pink wrap and head covering looks at a brightly colored, round fabric-covered thermal cooker, with a lidded pot nestled inside. A woman on the right, with long black hair, reaches toward the pot.
Astonishing Alaska | Chasing lipids: The industrial thirst for Alaskan oil
Farzona Comnas

George Washington University

Slender fish handing from a line between wooden posts with large trees, mountains, and a body of water in the background.
International student’s idea to repurpose barns becomes agro-plastic recycling company
Sara Wiatrak

University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science

Garden bed with green sprouts covered by a dome of plastic sheeting.
Simple Sleuth: Fuel for the layman
Kassi Johnson

SUNY Environmental Science and Forestry

COP26 in Context: Bright ideas in renewable energy
Hannah Krantz

Planet Forward Correspondent | George Washington University

Montreal landfill turned lunar landscape: An urban sustainability story
Clarice Knelly

Planet Forward Correspondent | SUNY-Plattsburgh

Hands of Doomsday Clock stay at ‘100 seconds to midnight’
Medill News Service

Northwestern University

Robert Rosner and Suzet McKinney stand on either side of the Doomsday Clock, which reads
Peril & Promise: How indigenous communities and artists capture solar energy
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