Courtney Humphries

Courtney Humphries is a Boston-based journalist who covers science, medicine, and the built environment. Her work has appeared in the Boston Globe’s Ideas section, MIT Technology Review, Nature, Wired, Nautilus, and other publications. She was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT in 2015–2016.

Latest Articles by Courtney Humphries

Environmental Policy
The Legacy of Scott Pruitt on the EPA and the Environment
6 MIN READ
High-Performance Design
Scaling Up Sustainability from Buildings to Cities
8 MIN READ
ARCHITECT
RetrofitNY Aims to Turn NYC’s Affordable Housing Stock Green
7 MIN READ
Policy In Action
RetrofitNY Aims to Turn New York State’s Affordable Housing Stock Deep Green
7 MIN READ
Advocacy
How Affordable Housing is Driving Passive House Design
5 MIN READ

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