Explore the Remarkable Stories of the People that Created the Paris Agreement
The new Profiles of Paris project is about telling the stories of the individuals that came together to create the Paris Agreement of 2015. As the coming decades will present us with many moments in which collaboration and agreement will be needed to find shared solutions, the project aims to shed light on how this was done before.
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Profile Of Paris

Milestone for US Job Market: More Openings Than Unemployed
For the first time on record, the number of job openings in the United States exceeds the number of unemployed Americans. It’s a trend that may soon give workers more leverage to demand pay raises, and make open positions harder to fill.
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Chicago Tribune

Why Teams Should Argue
Strong teams include diverse perspectives, and healthy working relationships and successful outcomes hinge on honest communication. But there are ways to make sure you “fight right.”
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Strategy + Business

US EPA Science Advisers Question ‘Secret Science’ Rule On Data Transparency
Science advisers to the US EPA voted to review a series of controversial rules that the agency has proposed, including a plan that would limit the types of scientific research that the EPA could use to justify environmental regulations, and proposals to strike down limits on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Nature

AT&T Announces Zero Waste Goal
AT&T has set a goal to achieve zero waste at 100 of its facilities by the end of 2020. Its program will start this year and will include strategies to reduce waste and increase recycling and composting, with a goal of diverting 90 percent or more of its waste from landfills.
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Waste 360

Precipitation whiplash and climate change threaten California’s freshwater
The California Department of Water Resources found last month that the water content in the Sierra snowpack was about half its historical average. One year before, the water content had been measured at over 160 percent of the historical average. This swing continues California’s recent trend of climate shifts, following the 2011-2015 drought, and scientists expect to see an increase in ‘precipitation whiplash’ events in the region, with rapid transitions between extreme wet and extreme dry periods.
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Washington Post