Articles by Heather Smith
Heather Smith (on Twitter, @strangerworks) is interested in the various ways that humans try to save the environment: past, present, and future.
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No longer top secret: The TPP trade deal is just as evil as you think it is
No trade pact is going to solve the world's environmental problems. But we can ask that they don't make things worse.
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What would our technology look like if we treated climate change like the Cold War?
Why is our concept of "new technology" today all about fulfilling individual needs and desires, rather than solving society's most pressing problem?
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The Middle East could be looking at 140-degree days thanks to climate change
A new study suggests that, unless we cut carbon emissions drastically, the Persian Gulf is going to become an uninhabitable inferno.
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How do you make conservatives care about climate change? An expert shares tips.
A social scientist and veteran of the anti-tobacco campaign lays out the handful of climate messages that have some traction on the right.