My goal in life is to work a job that I love. To try to achieve this goal, my love of surfing influenced me to build my startup in the action sports market. I figured that my familiarity with the ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Dr. Jennifer Vines, lead health officer of the Portland metropolitan area, about lessons learned from the deadly 2021 Portland heat wave as a sweltering summer awaits. As ...

The Pacific Northwest is feeling its first heat wave of the year. It comes just over a year after the region endured its most extreme heat ever. Hundreds of people died. Since that wake-up call, the ...

Once in Chicago there was an epidemic of silent suffering — people struggling to cope, in some cases to breathe. What came of that tragedy was a deeper understanding of individual responsibility to ...

It turns out flying a kite isn't always as easy as it sounds. On a recent visit to the Valley Isle, I joined Paul Franco from the Kiteboarding School of Maui (KSM) for a three-hour introductory ...

For better or worse, this heat wave is forcing Washington to recognize and confront the impacts of climate change. Last year’s “heat dome,” while jarring and traumatic for many, was an exceptional ...

When the first wave of the coronavirus hit earlier this year, we collectively braced for change. A palpable fear of uncertainty hung heavy in the air, but now that we’ve learned to navigate these new ...