| 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...
| | Environment / HealthGuffaws punctuated a Florida legislative hearing the other day. Lawmakers and onlookers chuckled as Florida Division of Emergency chief Bryan Koon tied his tongue in knots to avoid saying “climate change” while talking about — well, climate change. Reveling in this...
| | Environment / HealthI can’t easily reduce my own footprint on the planet in some of the ways that I’d like. Sure, I can walk and take the bus instead of driving some of the time, and I can turn off the lights when I leave a room. What about the big stuff? I’m talking about retrofitting...
