Selected and Recent Articles and Essays
Brazilian Bill Weakens Amazon Protection: Agricultural lobby praises passed law, but it could encourage deforestation
Nature 07 December 2011
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Nitrogen Pollution Disrupts Pacific Ocean: Surging nitrates in Asian waters could dramatically affect marine wildlife.
Nature 22 September 2011
Some Ways to Get Started as a Social Entrepreneur
The New York Times 22 June 2011
Shale Gas Extraction: natural gas production production is booming, but its green image is in question.
The Economist 12 May 2011
Uranium Mining: an attempt to make miners pay
The Economist 10 February 2010
It ain't your father's farming: new mind-sets and new practices in the age of climate change
essay in How the West Was Warmed, (Fulcrum Publishing, 2010), an anthology on climate change in the West, Beth Conover, ed. Fulcrum Pulbishing 2010.
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Growing Away From Big Coal: rural electric co-ops make a slow push back toward community energy
High Country News 15 June 2009
Coal-fired Power Plants: the writing on the wall
The Economist 19 May 2009
Bringing Sexy Back: how do you transform the perfunctory into the passionate?
Natural Solutions February 2009
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Carbon Detectives Are Tracking Gases in Colorado
New York Times 2 December 2008
Book review: Dirt, the Erosion of Civilizations, David R Montgomery (2007)
SEJ Journal Fall 2008
Need Help Finding Bliss: hire a coach
New York Times 5 July 2008
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Freezing the Sun: a double blow for solar energy
The Economist 26 June 2008
Hot Times For Solar Energy
Utility-scale solar thermal power may be poised for the big time (co-written with J. Thomas McKinnon)
WorldWatch Magazine, March/April 2008
Book review Exposed: The Toxic Chemistry of Everyday Products and What’s at Stake for American Power by Mark Schapiro.
SEJ Journal Spring 2008