Spring is a time of change and rebirth. For Next Generation, this spring is also a time of change.

Heat in the Heartland: Climate Change and Economic Risk in the Midwest details how extreme heat – the signature impact of a changing climate – could transform the Midwest's economy.

A major focus of the coverage during this week's Climate Week in New York was the costs of climate change to businesses and the dawning realization that advanced energy is increasingly a good economic bet.

C.J. Mayer, a high schooler from NYC, looks at the emergence of CitiBike, the program's impact on carbon emissions, and other ways two-wheeled solutions can help address pollution in his city.

AB 69 Postmortem, Another successful cap and trade auction, School bond goes down, & Prop 39 still moving along

In one of his final acts as the President pro Tem of the California State Senate, Darrell Steinberg penned a letter to Assemblyman Henry Perea over the weekend with the news that AB 69, which takes aim at California’s cap and trade program, would not receive a hearing before the end of this year’s legislative session.

C.J. Mayer, a 17-year-old high school student in Manhattan, says he is often struck by what seems to be a growing gap between the concerns his generation has about climate change, and the actions of his parents and leaders. His sense is that, in a few short years, the American public will see a dramatic shift from its current passivity about climate change, to one of more urgent action.

Last Sunday, Smokey the Bear, America’s venerable protector of the forest, celebrated his 70th birthday. In this age of mega-wildfires – some suggest Smokey has outlived his usefulness and should be put out to pasture. As a Californian residing at the base of the Santa Clara foothills, I couldn’t disagree more.

This week, UC Davis released a final report on the economic impacts of this year’s drought on California’s agricultural industry. Groundwater pumping, the report says, will significantly soften the drought’s blow to farm operations, easing anticipated losses statewide to $2.2 billion from the $3.6 billion the industry projected earlier this year.

The U.S. economy faces significant risks from unmitigated climate change. The Risky Business report presents a new approach to understanding these risks for key U.S. business sectors, and provides business leaders with a framework for measuring and mitigating their own exposure to climate risk.