| Apr 15, 2015 | Environment / HealthPresident Barack Obama’s spokesman, Josh Earnest, recently boasted that his boss will “go down in history as the greenest president we’ve ever had.” Yes, cars, trucks, and buses will increasingly burn less fuel because of this White House. If the courts don’t spike...
| | Environment / HealthGreetings from Anxietyland. Or as some might know it, graduate school. I’ve got just a few weeks left of teaching and taking classes before the semester ends. You might see that as hectic yet manageable. It’s not exactly fun, but it’s only temporary....
| Apr 8, 2015 | Environment / HealthThe gaggle of workers in Montana’s Carbon County hacking at the barely thawed ground in late December were on a mission: Secure Mud Springs Wind Ranch’s eligibility for a green-energy incentive. Why were they racing to catch a tax credit in that sparsely inhabited...
| Apr 1, 2015 | Environment / HealthAs soon as President Barack Obama announced his plan to thaw long-frozen diplomatic relations with Cuba, the speculation began about what it would mean for the island. Would it help the Castro brothers? Empower activists? Create jobs? There’s no question that the...
| | Environment / HealthNot long now until freedom — or temporary freedom, anyway. I’m just one month away from the end of my first year in graduate school. It’s my first year out of a projected six, if I complete my PhD. In theory, it was a great idea to move from California to...
| Mar 25, 2015 | Environment / HealthStuck in standstill traffic in downtown Baltimore, I catch this message emblazoned across the side of a city bus: “Did you know? This bus operates in ‘zero emissions’ mode on battery power up to 40 percent of the time.” Maybe I should be impressed or...
