Articles by Heather Smith
Heather Smith (on Twitter, @strangerworks) is interested in the various ways that humans try to save the environment: past, present, and future.
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Meet the Wisconsin Republicans who love solar
Yes, there are conservatives who support renewable energy in the midwest. However, they do tend to lose primaries.
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There’s oil-by-rail good news, and oil-by-rail bad news
Under new rules, old tank cars won't be ferrying explosive Bakken crude. Instead, they'll carry dirty tar sands crude.
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Texas messes with Texas, pits landowners against pipeline-builders
Texas loves Big Oil, and the state has let companies run pipelines pretty much anywhere. But Texas also loves property holders, and some of them are unhappy.
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Tesla is becoming the 800-pound green jobs gorilla
As states vie for the automaker's new battery factory, it is being showered with tax breaks -- and California is even considering waiving environmental rules.
