Pam Reynolds
Senior Content Creator | Massachusetts | She/Her
Pam is an author and journalist with a long and eclectic career. A reporter and editor at The Boston Globe for over a decade, she has worked many years as a freelance writer and contributor for WBUR, the Harvard Business School, Boston University, and The Barr Foundation, among others. In addition to writing, Pam enjoys painting, sculpting, and pulling an occasional tarot card for friends.
Recent Posts
Jun 11 2025
The Problem In July 2023, devastating floods swept through Vermont, destroying homes and businesses and upending lives. The flooding of two years ago repeated again and again — in December 2023 and July 2024. Each time, thick layers of muck washed through towns, burying roads, bridges, and mobile home parks. As communities dug out of…
Jun 9 2025
This year has brought a big shake-up in Washington and an even bigger turn of fortune for renewable energy. Immediately upon taking office, President Trump issued a slew of executive orders pausing leases on offshore wind and taking steps to reverse incentives for renewable technology like electric vehicles. But there’s one renewable energy source that…
May 29 2025
When we think about air pollution, few of us think about the air circulating in our buildings. But the fact is, that’s where we spend 90% of our time. Landfills, exhaust pipes, and fumes emanating from tree-killing gas lines all pollute our air and heat up the climate. Still, there’s another insidious pollution that many…
May 5 2025
Have you ever sat down to calculate your carbon footprint? If you have, you’ll undoubtedly know that gut-wrenching feeling of tallying how much carbon pollution you disgorge into the air daily through even your simplest actions. Think of commuting to work by car, eating meat, taking a plane, or even running a dishwasher. It all…
Apr 8 2025
In the 1970s, Philip J. Landrigan conducted groundbreaking work linking lead in gasoline and paint to a lowered IQ in children exposed to it. His transformative work as an epidemiologist and pediatrician eventually resulted in the elimination of lead from paints and gasoline, resulting in a 90% reduction in childhood lead poisoning and a 5%…
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