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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

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Earthship Trooper

by: Michael Haederle, Thu Aug 14 07:00:00 -0700 2008

September's Miller-McCune magazine features Michael Reynolds and his brand of low-consumption, off-the-grid…

Take This Theory — Please!

by: Tom Jacobs, Mon Aug 04 12:00:00 -0700 2008

Evolutionary theorist suggests humor played a key role in our development as a species.

Everglades National Park

Restoration: You Can’t Get There From Here

by: Emily Badger, Tue Jul 29 10:00:00 -0700 2008

An ambitious plan to restore the Everglades to a pre-development condition may be plain impossible.

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Seeing the Rainforest for the Trees

Written by: Matt Palmquist, Tuesday 29 January 2008 - 18:58 PM 0 Comments

While geographer Alan Grainger has upset conventional wisdom by suggesting the world’s tropical forests are not shrinking, he sees his research as a clarion call.

Big Hydro Is Dead! Long Live Big Hydro!

Written by: Lea-Rachel Kosnick, Wednesday 23 January 2008 - 16:30 PM 0 Comments

Build new, low-impact hydropower facilities but keep the old: Large dams already in existence can be improved.

Reducing Big Problem With Little Hydro Plants

Written by: Lea-Rachel Kosnick, Wednesday 23 January 2008 - 09:25 AM 0 Comments

Hydropower will never be the complete answer to emissions-free energy production in the U.S., but a strong case can be made for it becoming a useful part of the answer. Part two in a three-part series. 

Campus Research Back to Basics

Written by: Matthew Rafferty, Tuesday 22 January 2008 - 22:58 PM 0 Comments

 The author of a new paper on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980 finds that the legislation has not caused the decline in basic research that many had feared.

Hydro Doesn’t Have to Be Big

Written by: Lea-Rachel Kosnick, Tuesday 22 January 2008 - 12:20 PM 0 Comments

In the first of a three-part series looking at the untapped potential for hydropower to supply the U.S. with carbon-free electricity, Lea-Rachel Kosnik finds ample opportunities for expanding hydro.