SACRAMENTO BEE 04/29/25 BY Michael Shank and Maxine Bedat For too long, the apparel industry has gotten a pass when it comes to sustainability efforts. Until now, sustainability efforts in this industry have all been voluntary, not mandatory. Consequently, greenwashing is rampant, leading consumers to believe something good is being […]
NEWSWEEK 04/29/25 By Dr. Michael Shank and US Congresswoman Yvette Clarke As we enter tornado and Atlantic hurricane season in the United States, with the Midwest already experiencing devastating damage from multiple storms this month, the Trump administration is actively undermining our nation’s ability to predict, plan, prepare for, and […]
APOLITICAL 04/28/25 By Dr. Michael Shank and Ed Potosnak Americans have been feeling the pinch in recent months. There’s a reason the cost of eggs is a dinner table conversation — and frankly, the cost of everything else, including our power bills. There’s a selfish economic reason motivating many Americans […]
RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH 04/24/25 By Michael Shank and Ed Potosnak Americans have been feeling the pinch in recent months. There’s a reason the cost of eggs is a dinner table conversation — and frankly, the cost of everything else, including our power bills. There’s a selfish economic reason motivating many Americans […]
Island Press Forthcoming By Kesha Ram Hinsdale and Dr. Michael Shank Our book offers a guided, story-rich roadmap for what a holistic approach to environmental justice looks like. In this book, we highlight the key ingredients necessary for leading impactful and empowering environmental justice movements. We do this by storytelling […]
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH 03/17/25 By Dr. Michael Shank and Former US Congressman Mike Honda Bullying isn’t a new phenomenon in American politics, the press or public spaces. It’s always been there, from early European settler domination of our indigenous First Nations communities to more recent hate speech and actions accosting […]
US NEWS & WORLD REPORT 03/11/25 By Dr. Michael Shank and US Congressman Hank Johnson In less than two months since taking office, President Donald Trump has reversed decades of progress against climate change, putting our economy, our lives and the planet in grave danger. On Monday, Trump’s new energy […]
NEWSWEEK 02/19/25 By Dr. Michael Shank and US Congresswoman Clarke With President Donald Trump’s administration removing climate change language from federal government websites, withdrawing the United States from the Paris climate agreement, ending climate disaster response within the Department of Homeland Security, and discussing plans to get rid of the […]
FAST COMPANY 02/14/25 By Michael Shank and US Congressman Steve Cohen If President Donald Trump and Elon Musk are serious about making the U.S. government more efficient, then Trump needs to reinstate the dozen-plus independent inspectors general who were recently fired from his administration. These independent inspectors were tasked with […]
APOLITICAL 02/07/25 By Dr. Michael Shank With newly elected President Donald Trump declaring a national energy emergency last month to boost fossil fuels, while planning to gut environmental policies of the previous administration, there is one clean energy that’ll stay in the mix — and that’s solar power. Trump’s recently […]