Lisa Palmer

Journalist, writer and editor

Lisa Palmer is a journalist and editor based in Maryland. She reports regularly on the environment, climate change and green business for national magazines and online media. Her articles have appeared in Nature Climate Change, Slate Magazine, Yale Forum on Climate Change and the Media and Scientific American, among many others.

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Jason Clay: More Food, Less Environmental Impact From running the family farm to transforming global markets, Jason Clay, senior vice president of…
The Dangers of Going Green Too often design questions focus on protecting one aspect or another of nature. Instead, we need to…
I’m Carbon Neutral. Are You? A closer look at the voluntary carbon offset market.
At the Desert’s Edge Desertification is an issue of global concern. In China, expanding deserts are taking a heavy toll…
A Measure of Well-Being Gross domestic product is a far-from-perfect measure of national well-being. But what might we use…
Wasted Opportunity As demand for resources grows, a strategy that focuses solely on food production while ignoring…
Forces of Nature Ripple Effect Images, a collective of photojournalists, emphasizes the strength and perseverance of…
Stormwater Park Urban projects like Chattanooga’s Main Terrain combine stormwater management with recreational uses…

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MT @ConnectxNature: Nice, made me stop & think RT @GlobalEcoGuy: The Change We Believe In, But Never Test http://t.co/3KCkKYKoIZ …
May 22nd @ 2:06pm
Jason Clay shares thoughts on overcoming obstacles to sustainably feeding 9 billion people by mid-century: http://t.co/scUDxWrHtU @world_
May 22nd @ 1:03pm
With building materials up to 40% of landfill waste in U.S., time to think differently about how we build. Like this: http://t.co/jvvTYs8V7H
May 22nd @ 12:28pm
RT @YaleE360: Rapid drop in Lake Malawi's water levels drives down fish stocks http://t.co/aY6SxS52Bc via @guardian
May 22nd @ 12:00pm
New energy secretary: Need to address climate change ‘not debatable' http://t.co/IN2MPywW3I
May 22nd @ 11:48am
RT @dlukedoody: The Dangers of Going Green: We need a more unified mindset around which to develop our infrastructure. http://t.co/rRvOMBVW7y @ensiamedia
May 22nd @ 9:22am
Geoengineering: Risky to Do, Riskier to Ignore http://t.co/qcFeqOmtxE @MikeLemonick @ClimateCentral1
May 22nd @ 9:20am
Tune in @MPR at noon today to hear futurist Jamais Cascio on Bots, Bacteria & Carbon http://t.co/Y6dfb7Z6RF @cascio http://t.co/Y6dfb7Z6RF
May 22nd @ 8:08am
Peter Williams talks Design, Development, and Disease at Ensia Live http://t.co/s0KLmoHvrN @Peter_ARCHIVE @ARCHIVE_global
May 22nd @ 6:45am
True Value: The Worth of the Environment http://t.co/eWWcJr2Bo3 via @po_st
May 22nd @ 6:26am