WASHINGTON – The coming weeks on Capitol Hill will be pivotal to President Biden’s climate agenda, including whether the president can convince the rest of the world that the United States will deliver on its promise to reduce emissions Warming planets, drastically reducing them. In Congress, details of climate and clean energy policies are emerging … Read more
As a kid growing up in Portland, Oregon, Luna Abadia was always curious about the nature around her. She carried a diary with her, which she called her “Book of Questions”, and filled it with observations of her world. What if we sneeze? She wrote. Why is my dog’s nose wet? She’s not sure if … Read more
Last year, Twitter introduced a few changes that made it easier to choose how to reply to Tweets and manage who can reply to your Tweets. Now a new feature is added that can help you make sure your answer area is clean and friendly. Using the social network, you can now change who can … Read more
The pandemic recovery might not be all positive, at least not for the environment. Reuters reports that the International Energy Agency has warned that a resurgence in gas demand after the pandemic could jeopardize the goal of global net-zero emissions by 2050. A forecast increase in gas consumption of 3.6 percent for 2021 could not … Read more
The Covid-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed the way we experience urban spaces. In no time at all, there was a mass migration to the suburbs in densely populated city centers as people were looking for greener and larger spaces. If the pandemic is an indication of the challenges of a changing climate, what lessons can … Read more
Charna Parkey is the data science director of the Seattle startup Kaskada. (Courtesy photo by Charna Parkey) Growing up, Charna Parkey was always the “technical person” in her house. In high school, she got IT certifications, and by the time she got to college, she took as many engineering courses as possible. On the recommendation … Read more
Thousands of people take part in a Black Lives Matter protest march in Seattle in June. (GeekWire Photo / Monica Nickelsburg) When Kim Vu joined fintech startup Remitly two years ago as the director of diversity and inclusion, she spent hours doing numbers manually and gaining insights into the teams that are spread across eight … Read more