In recent decades, cities across the U.S. have expanded their transit infrastructure to reduce emissions from personal cars. As of 2019, 30 American cities have planned or built a light-rail transit system (LRT), and many are boasting huge gains toward carbon-neutrality in transportation (Tehrani et al., 2019). Boston’s light-rail Green Line, for example, reduces emissions…

An Interview with Joe Uehlein

For Michael Doall, the salty waters surrounding Long Island have always harbored exploration and entertainment. Growing up along the coast, Doall spent countless days fishing, surfing, and swimming at the beach, partly because his mother let him skip school on especially lovely spring afternoons. “From birth one of my passions has been the ocean,” Doall…

Because the land must be defended / Or there will not be place for the revolution.-Internationalist Commune of Rojava Despite the threat of Syrian war crimes, Turkish ethnic cleansing, and the militant fanaticism of the Islamic State, the autonomous polyethnic community of Rojava makes environmentalism—alongside women’s liberation and direct democracy—central to its revolution in Northeast…

Electric Cars have been the cornerstone of American science fiction and scientific fact for the last several decades, utterly inseparable from most visions of a cleaner, more sustainable future. This inclusion bears scrutiny. Transitioning to electric vehicles (EVs) would undeniably reduce the use of fossil fuels, their pollution, and the dangerous petropolitics they encourage. But…

Executive Summary Cobalt, mined primarily in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), is critical for developing green technologies. Small and large-scale cobalt mining involves child labor, dangerous working conditions, environmental degradation, and human rights abuses. Current attempts to regulate DRC cobalt mining are inadequate. The UN should regulate cobalt mining under frameworks similar to…