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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Want your energy efficiency program to succeed? Aim it at poor people
A new study traces how California's energy conservation programs play out differently depending on the wealth of the recipients.
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What the climate movement can learn from the war on smoking
If you want to change the culture, you have to get your message spread by "trusted advisers." Then get them to repeat themselves a lot.
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So you’re living in one of FEMA’s Katrina trailers
You've used our searchable database. Maybe you've found that the home you're living in was one of FEMA's formaldehyde-laden Katrina trailers. What can you do? Many things, it turns out.
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People are still living in FEMA’s toxic Katrina trailers — and they likely have no idea
Our map shows the formaldehyde-laced trailers went on an odd journey, and our reporter explains why.
