Forget Wall-e. Matt Cole is already building bots to clean up the worst nuclear waste around the planet. The May 2010 issue of Wired carried this profile in its Alphageek section.
Monday, June 28, 2010
For a decade and a half, the U.S. government's toxic-cleanup program, Superfund, has neither been super nor much of a fund. Now, Superfund might finally earn its name again.
Sunday, June 20, 2010
Take note, Gulf Coast: After the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska, coastal managers embarked on an ambitious mapping project to monitor and protect the state's shores. A short article from Nature Conservancy Magazine, Summer 2010.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Colleges in Colorado are fine-tuning curriculum to attract green job seekers, including returning veterans. Can higher ed teach old dawgs new-energy tricks?
Friday, February 26, 2010
It can hardly be considered a coincidence that West Nile virus swarmed America, and then the insect-repellent garment industry had a breakthrough. An essay on pesticide-laced clothing, from 2005.
Monday, February 22, 2010
The first new U.S. uranium mill in three decades could be coming to Colorado and the rugged valley of the Dolores River in the southwestern corner of the state. The river — originally named RÃo de Nuestra Señora de los Dolores, or River of Our Lady of Sorrows, by Spanish priests in 1776 — and [...]
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
More than 80 percent of oyster reefs are in severe decline due to overfishing and habitat loss, which spells bad news for coastal water quality and marine life, not to mention our future appetites on the half-shell. A short article from Winter 2009.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
My first piece for Mountain Gazette, from August 2003: An obituary for -- and defense of -- a short-lived bar in Paonia that had (re-)opened its doors just as I arrived in town.
Friday, February 5, 2010
A review from Earth Magazine of Thomas G. Andrews' enviro-rooted history, Killing for Coal, of the Ludlow Massacre and Colorado coalfield wars of 1913-14.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Even the National Mining Association says it's time to update the the Mining Act of 1872. But will reform be a giant leap, a baby step, or something still off in the distance?
The Moth Podcast
Weekly installments of first-person stories, told without notes, which frequently bring laughs and/or tears in under 15 minutes
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Baseball:
Can't Anybody Here Play This Game? by Jimmy Breslin
Breslin's book on the '62 Mets, baseball's worst team ever, is clever and cutting, and it sets up the historical backdrop for forlorn Mets fans
The Natural by Bernard Malamud
The scene between Roy and Iris swimming in the lake stands out. A deeper, darker story than Redford's film
Baseball History Podcast
Host Bob Wright is a baseball nerd's nerd, and I've already learned the origin of stadium tailgates, batting gloves and baseball fantasy camps
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TED
"Riveting talks by remarkable people," which are sometimes wonky, but usually enlightening
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Greek food and Ouzo
With much inspiration coming from Susanna Hoffman's The Olive and the Caper, a 2004 narrative cookbook that encourages healthy consumption of fennel, feta and olive oil
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All Over But the Shoutin' by Rick Bragg
A great nonfiction book integrating Bragg's upbringing in rural Alabama with his experiences and lessons from journalism
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"Bored to Death"
The latest, greatest series from HBO...but it might be a little too close to home
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Mike Birbiglia: "What I Should Have Said Was Nothing"
Self-deprecating humor at its finest, with plenty of sports, family, drugs and wildlife jokes along the way
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Horseshoes
Ready to get my ringer on this summer
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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