Glenn Scherer

About

Glenn is a journalist and editor whose writing about the environment has appeared on ScientificAmerican.com, Salon.com, Grist.org, DailyClimate.org, and in more than 150 U.S. newspapers. He has worked as a researcher and speechwriter for TV journalist Bill Moyers, and co-founded Blue Ridge Press in 2007, a nationally syndicated environmental commentary service published in 550 of the nation’s newspapers which has reached more than 90 million readers.

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New research sheds light on Canada lynx-snowshoe hare cycle, human impacts

As renewable diesel surges, sustainability claims are deeply questioned

Science lays out framework to assess climate liability of fossil fuel majors

Solutions needed as climate change & land use fuel global crop pest menace

Winter warming and rain extreme events pose overlooked threat to Arctic life

Wood pellet maker Drax denied pollution permit after small town Mississippi outcry

Pope Francis’ uncompromising defense of nature may be his greatest legacy

New research finds substantial peat deposits in Colombia’s conflicted Amazon

Diverse forests and forest rewilding offer resilience against climate change

Betting on future forest carbon storage endangers Paris Agreement targets

Ground-level ozone pollution poses growing threat to planetary health

Polar sea ice continues steep decline; but will a troubled world notice?

Netherlands’ largest forest biomass plant canceled, forest advocates elated

With climate change, cryosphere melt scales up as a threat to planetary health

Microplastic within humans now a health crisis: Interview with ‘Plastic People’ filmmakers

A tale of two cities: What drove 2024’s Valencia and Porto Alegre floods?

Forest biomass growth to soar through 2030, impacting tropical forests

COP16 biodiversity summit in Rome OKs finance pathway; big obstacles loom

Aiding natural pollination can boost cacao yields & climate resilience

Only 17% of peatlands, vital to curbing climate change, are protected, study finds

Getting rewilding right with the reintroduction of small wildcats

Declining biodiversity and emerging diseases are entwined, more study needed

Researchers make the case for shift from economic growth to human well-being within planetary limits

Lures that attract seed-dispersing bats could aid tropical reforestation

Scientists are tracking global wildlife’s contributions to humanity

World’s record heat is worsening air pollution and health in Global South

Electrochemical removal of ocean CO2 offers potential — and concerns

South Korea slashes forest biomass energy subsidies in major policy reform

Next-gen geothermal offers circular promise, but needs care and caution

Renewables won’t save us from climate catastrophe, experts warn; what will?

Direct air capture climate solution faces harsh criticism, steep challenges

Indonesian forests put at risk by South Korean and Japanese biomass subsidies

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