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Heather Stapleton’s research has prompted tent manufacturers to reassess their approach to treating tents for flame resistance and to review related regulations.

PFAS’ complicated chemical structures ensure they almost never degrade. "We’re working to understand the health impacts, but the long-term effects of many PFAS chemicals are unknown,” says Heather Stapleton.

Even if you’re not an environmentalist, it’s hard to ignore the recent news on climate change: the Arctic tundra is thawing, glaciers melting, fires raging, and the Amazon region nearing a tipping point … and all this accelerating more quickly than scientists had expected even a few years ago.

The last decade has brought more disruption than the energy sector in the United States has seen since the 1970s, when the Arab oil embargo led to long lines at gas stations, stoked energy security fears, and prompted Congress to pass fuel efficiency standards.

To paraphrase remarks by my colleague Dan Vermeer at this month’s ���Ĵ�ý Energy Conference, energy transitions are not new—but what is new about the one we are going through now is that it is intentional.

The traditional vertically integrated electric power monopoly model has held sway in North and South Carolina for decades. That may be about to change.