Washington-based writer and editor reporting on development, cities and property rights for the Thomson Reuters Foundation.
It was the COVID-19 pandemic that finally drove Dustin Karzen, hunkered down at home in Escondido, California, to a first: going online to buy groceries.
The electric vehicle charger had shown up at the park only a month earlier, but already Lonte was envisioning himself using it.
When Mozambican fishmonger Manuel Machava hears the fishermen have landed a bumper catch of mackerel, crabs or shrimp, he has mixed feelings - pleased for their good fortune, but worried ...
Nutritional breakdowns, ethical trade branding, recycling information - and now estimates of a product's climate impact.
For years, the smell of gas wafting through the grounds of the Franciscan Village senior housing facility in Cleveland was a joke among its residents, although they did not realize where ...
Chris Gensic swept his arms around him as he sought to fully explain the scope of the surrounding Virginia forest - as a project, a green space and an opportunity for local residents.
A long-forgotten industrial fermentation process is allowing a small share of climate-changing carbon pollution to be turned into household products, with the first items available this y...
When Annette Coen went for a health check-up last summer in Washington state, she and her doctor discussed concerns around her weight and asthma. Then her doctor offered a novel prescript...
Environmental activist Kidus Girma, 26, walked about 400 miles (644 km) from New Orleans to Houston over six weeks in May and June, on a march aimed at bringing hope to communities who ha...
Surrounded on three sides by the San Francisco Bay, residents of Richmond are used to being near the ocean. But as rising seas threaten to bring it even closer, Mayor Tom Butt is candid a...
Situated at the flood-prone and storm-vulnerable southern tip of Florida, Miami-Dade County has long figured among the U.S. urban areas most at risk from climate change.
After years of homelessness and hard living, Tim Shea has swapped the sharp corners in his life for the round, flowing design of his new 3D-printed home in Austin, Texas.
Cities across the globe pledged to use their post-pandemic recovery plans to bolster ways to adapt to the growing risks posed by climate change.
From office workers to students, Americans facing colder weather and more time inside have a pressing question: How can they keep safe amid a pandemic that scientists say thrives in indoo...
Cough medicine, snacks, baking ingredients: Kelly Passek has shopping delivered weekly to her yard in Christiansburg, Virginia - by a drone.
