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Mission: Climate Change
Climate policy may be a minefield in U.S. politics, but the Pentagon sees liabilities of a different kind and is forging ahead with plans to reduce the military's carbon footprint and prepare for climate impacts. A feature for the Daily Climate, April 2012.
Continue reading...Clean Energy and Dirty Laundry
30. March 2012
Just because a solar company, with a federal loan, makes cutbacks, does that mean the business is inept or corrupt? My March 2012 column for the Northern Colorado Business Report examines the recent case of Abound Solar, based in Loveland, which laid off hundreds of workers earlier this year in order to retool its production line.
Continue reading...Of Cowboys and Indians
15. March 2012
Ravi Malhotra travels Colorado and the West helping rural businesses, bringing an internationally inspired approach to a conservatively local landscape. My story, "Of cowboys and Indians," appears in High Country News, March 2012
Continue reading...Second Life
7. March 2012
A new corrections program in Colorado is helping older inmates -- including lifers and convicted murderers -- who have done their time to get a chance on the outside. A feature story from the March/April 2012 issue of Miller-McCune
Continue reading...Picking Ranchers’ Brains
23. January 2012
A Colorado cowboy, a Spanish sheepherder, and a Mongolian nomad walk into a bar.... A researcher shares her findings on the traditional ecological knowledge of ranchers around the world in an interview in High Country News, January 2012
Continue reading...Ski Runs and Reruns
15. January 2012
Millions of skis and tons of snow gear head to landfills every year, but a new recycling initiative from the snowsports industry is trying to repurpose and reuse a stockpile of old equipment. My December 2011 story in the Northern Colorado Business Report.
Continue reading...Extreme Measures
3. November 2011
This year's rash of severe weather has scientists scrambling to understand the connection between increasing emissions and natural disasters. My November 2011 article for the Daily Climate focuses on the push to predict extreme weather events and link them to climate change.
Continue reading...Power with Drunk?
18. October 2011
In Fort Collins, a city that sometimes seems to be powered by beer, businesses are looking at an innovative power plant to run on spent brewery grains. A Sept. 23 column in the Northern Colorado Business Report explores the backers' claims and potential interests.
Continue reading...A Discernible Human Influence
17. October 2011
When Stephen Schneider died in July 2010, the climate science community lost one of its leading and most articulate voices. Colleagues and a new generation of researchers are carrying forth his spirit and approach to understanding and explaining the impacts of climate change. A September 2011 article from Miller-McCune online.
Continue reading...A Spotlight on the 9/11 Backlash
15. September 2011
Ten years after the attacks, a sociologist sizes up the social impacts of post-9/11 anti-Muslim prejudice in the US. An interview with Lori Peek for Miller-McCune.
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4. April 2012
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