The Green Grok Blogs on faculty
Climate Change: China, U.S. Bring Toy Fire Truck to 7-Alarm Fire
Jun 12, 2013
Global greenhouse gas emissions are higher than ever. What’s to be done?
JFK and the Environmentalists’ Credo
Jun 10, 2013
Exactly 50 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy said it perhaps better than anyone else has before or since.
Chemical Safety Reform: A Tale of Two Bills
Jun 6, 2013
Senator Frank Lautenberg left us with two bills aimed at updating and improving the regulation and safety of the chemicals we use and live with. Which one’s better?
Global Disruptors: Hackers, Rickety Bridges, 150 Year Olds
Jun 4, 2013
Living a whole century and a half? Apparently, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think, but it carries with it risks.
Frank Lautenberg, 1924–2013
Jun 3, 2013
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), the lone ranger on toxic substance reform, dies.
A Tart Look at the Most-Used Sweetener You’ve Never Heard Of
May 31, 2013
Today we look at what's in your sweetener.
Forests Fuel Hydropower
May 28, 2013
In the Amazon, you don’t need to burn wood for a forest to contribute to energy production.
On Science, Politics and Climate Change
May 22, 2013
U.S. Representative Lamar Smith’s strutting his science cred.
A Tar Sands Byproduct: Mountains of Coke
May 20, 2013
What rhymes with Keystone XL and petroleum coke?
Statistically Speaking: U.S. Shipping by the Numbers
May 15, 2013
What’s in all those trucks anyway? Being a consumer in the global economy has its advantages. We can get stuff [...]











