Tag: environment
White House Announces Intent to Nominate Keith Krach to Under Secretary...
The White House has announced President Donald J. Trump's intent to nominate Keith Krach to become the Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy,...
The future of ‘golf’ may not be on the links
Joshua Woods, West Virginia University
Could disc golf become more popular than ball golf by 2028?
Ask disc golfers and they’ll say, “You bet –...
Will John McCain be the last Republican leader in the Senate...
Tim Profeta, Duke University
“He was just doing his job.”
When I asked a longtime staffer to Sen. John McCain why the senator battled to address...
Walmart tried to make sustainability affordable. Here’s what happened
Andrew Spicer, University of South Carolina and David Graham Hyatt, University of Arkansas
What a difference the birth of a granddaughter can make.
For Lee...
In Las Vegas, excess and fantasy bleed into tragedy
Mark Gottdiener, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
In Sin City, people often do bad things to themselves.
Rather than deal with...
2015, the year that was: environment and energy
Martin LaMonica, The Conversation
As we approach 2016, we look back at the big – even world-changing – stories of The Conversation’s environment and energy...
How much has global warming worsened California’s drought? Now…
How much has global warming worsened California's drought? Now we have a number
Park Williams, Columbia University
With each passing year, human-caused global warming bullies California...
A melting Arctic demands more – not less – research on...
Jennifer Francis, Rutgers University
The Arctic is melting rapidly. Who cares? Anyone who is concerned about the rising price of food, lives near the coast,...
EXPLORING NATURE
Geothermal energy has huge potential to generate clean power – including...
Moones Alamooti, University of North Dakota
As energy use rises and the planet warms, you might have dreamed of...
