Diane Toomey

Diane Toomey is an award-winning public radio journalist who has worked at Yale e360, Marketplace, the World Vision Report, and Living on Earth, where she was the science editor.

Diane Toomey is an award-winning public radio journalist who has worked at Yale e360, Marketplace, the World Vision Report, and Living on Earth, where she was the science editor.

She also has reported on science, medicine, and the environment for WUNC, the public radio station in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Her reporting has won numerous awards, including the American Institute of Biological Sciences' Media Award. She currently is an associate researcher at the PBS science show NOVA.

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Why climate is a moral issue

January 30, 2016

By Diane Toomey

The next generation will wonder what we did to allow the climate to be so altered and to allow the land to be so soiled.

Solar and the circular economy: A recipe for climate optimism?

November 3, 2015

By Diane Toomey

Ecological crises are piling up, but Swedish scientist Johan Rockström says the next few decades offer an unparalleled opportunity to undo the damage.

How British Columbia gained by putting a price on carbon

May 16, 2015

By Diane Toomey

Seven years ago, British Columbia became the first jurisdiction in North America to adopt an economy-wide carbon tax — a move that cut fossil fuel use without hurting the economy.