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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Booming sea otters and fading shellfish spark values clash in Alaska

Feel the heat: New app maps heat stress anywhere on Earth, 1940 to now

‘Alarming’ levels of toxins found in free-range eggs near dumpsites globally

IUCN downgrades guiña threat status, prompting conservation warning

Climate change is messing with global wind speeds, impacting planetary health

There’s far less land available for reforestation than we think, study finds

Brazil leads push for novel forest finance mechanism ahead of COP30 summit

Ocean acidification threatens planetary health: Interview with Johan Rockström

No new record low for Arctic sea ice loss in 2025

Warming triggers unprecedented carbon loss from tropical soils, study finds

EUDR implementation comes laden with potential unintended consequences

Soil carbon: Crucial ally or potential threat to net-zero commitments?

As plastics treaty talks break down, are there paths to a breakthrough?

Sunscreens protect us but also pose real planetary health concerns

Sustainable biomass certification scheme is flawed, degrades forests, report finds

NGOs launch novel community projects to conserve Mexico’s ocelots

As climate change burdens grow, community mental health alarm bells ring

As Africa pays the price for rich world’s fast fashion fix, new French bill targets brands

As UN plastic treaty talks face possible deadlock, what are the ways forward?

Global warming is altering storms lightning, impacting tropical forests

Where there’s political will, there’s a way to stop tropical deforestation, study finds

Commercial space race comes with multiple planetary health risks

In rare triumph, camera traps snap endangered wildcats in Pakistan

Open burning of plastic is an escalating public health threat, say experts

Tropical forest roots show strain as changes aboveground filter below

The world’s children suffer brunt of wildfire smoke health impacts

Endangered Andean cat is imperiled by climate change and its solutions

As ocean acidification ramps up, experts call for speedy ocean protection

Bitcoin boom comes with huge intensifying environmental footprint

Climate futures: What’s ahead for our world beyond 1.5°C of warming?

Climate futures: World leaders’ failure to act is pushing Earth past 1.5°C

Resilient forests are key to ecological, economic and social resilience, report finds

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