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Hawaii G-O!
There’s no shortage of sunlight in Hawaii — so why is there a shortage of solar energy? That’s the question Ed Smeloff and David Hochschild would like to answer. The […]
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When the Fish and Chips Are Down
Farmed salmon is coming under fire for the dangers it may pose to human health and the environment. A government study in the U.K. has found that salmon from fish […]
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San Choakin’ Valley
A coalition of environmental organizations is suing the U.S. EPA today for failing to clean up the air in California’s San Joaquin Valley. Blackened by dust, smoke, and other pollutants, […]
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Na’Taki Osborne, National Wildlife Federation
Na’Taki Osborne is the national leadership development coordinator for the National Wildlife Federation. She is also a fellow with the Environmental Leadership Program and cofounder of the Center for Environmental […]
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On Guard
An effort to beef up safety at U.S. nuclear power plants by requiring guards to work 12-hour shifts instead of eight may be backfiring: The guards, who have been working […]
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Drain Canada
In response to the escalating energy demands of the United States, Canada has increased its oil production by nearly 50 percent in the past decade and its natural gas production […]
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Sandy Ego
Southern California has finally come up with a plan to reduce its reliance on the Colorado River and keep water flowing to fast-growing San Diego. Since the 1930s, Arizona, Colorado, […]
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High-drogen
The European Union is homing in on hydrogen as a way to meet its ambitious goals of generating 22 percent of its electricity and 12 percent of all energy from […]
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Viva Las Vegas
Las Vegas, Nev., the desert-turned-oasis of slot machines, plastic pyramids, and indoor waterfalls, is now undergoing a new kind of metamorphosis: A former 10-mile-long sewage gully is being transformed into […]
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Whale Like a Banshee
After a 10-year struggle to reclaim its whaling rights, Iceland has finally gotten the green light from the International Whaling Commission to resume commercial hunting. The commission outlawed commercial whaling […]
