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2011: TheGreenGrok’s Crystal Ball…

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by Bill Chameides
Dec 22, 2010

Brings you five, sure-bet environmental predictions for the year.

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Our Electricity Future: Things Don’t Change

by Bill Chameides
Dec 21, 2010

Our energy portfolio in 2035 may look a lot like our portfolio in … well 2010.

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Enviro Quiz 3

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by Bill Chameides
Dec 17, 2010

Quiz time.

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Foxy Treatment of Global Warming

by Bill Chameides
Dec 16, 2010

Open letter to Fox News’ Washington managing editor Bill Sammon.

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Save the Tiger … Indian Style

During the two days I spent in India's Nagarhole National Park, the sneaky tiger eluded me, but I did see loads of wildlife like this large wild ox known as a gaur.
by Bill Chameides
Dec 15, 2010

Ullas Karanth has dedicated his life to saving the tiger.

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The Stuff of Climate Change: Negotiations and Cook Stoves

The view from Gadavari Village Resort looking toward Kathmandu and the snow-peaked Himalyas. The plume of back smoke is soot rising from homes on the other side of the ridge.
by Bill Chameides
Dec 14, 2010

Are cook stoves a hotter climate-change item than international negotiations?

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Environmental Quiz 2

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by Bill Chameides
Dec 10, 2010

If you tuned in last week, you may have taken the first of our three quizzes – and thus be in the running for a new iPad. Today the second quiz is up.

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Nat Gas Update: As Reserves Rise, A Bubble or Two Is Burst in Fracking Efforts

Click on graphic to see how hydraulic fracturing works. (Graphic by Al Granberg/Pro Publica http://www.propublica.org/special/hydraulic-fracturing-national)
by Bill Chameides
Dec 9, 2010

Fracking is growing our natural gas reserves, while the Empire State says no fracking way.

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The Wrinkle in No-Iron Shirts

by Bill Chameides
Dec 8, 2010

How do they get those no-iron shirts to stay so crisp looking?

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Update: Our Rickety Understanding of Vitamin D

by Bill Chameides
Dec 7, 2010

Should you be taking vitamin D supplements? A leading U.S. advisory group weighs in.

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