http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok blogging towards a sustainable future with Dr. Bill Chameides Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:05:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/climate-change-china-u-s-bring-toy-fire-truck-to-7-alarm-fire/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/climate-change-china-u-s-bring-toy-fire-truck-to-7-alarm-fire/#comments Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:35:34 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11463 Global greenhouse gas emissions are higher than ever. What’s to be done?]]> http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/climate-change-china-u-s-bring-toy-fire-truck-to-7-alarm-fire/feed/ 1 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/jfk-and-the-environmentalists-credo/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/jfk-and-the-environmentalists-credo/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 15:14:34 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11447 Exactly 50 years ago today, President John F. Kennedy said it perhaps better than anyone else has before or since.]]> http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/jfk-and-the-environmentalists-credo/feed/ 0 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/chemical-safety-reform-a-tale-of-two-bills/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/chemical-safety-reform-a-tale-of-two-bills/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:04:03 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11398 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?]]> http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/chemical-safety-reform-a-tale-of-two-bills/feed/ 0 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/global-disruptors-hackers-rickety-bridges-150-year-olds/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/global-disruptors-hackers-rickety-bridges-150-year-olds/#comments Tue, 04 Jun 2013 18:33:59 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11366 Living a whole century and a half? Apparently, it’s not as far-fetched as you might think, but it carries with it risks.]]> http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/global-disruptors-hackers-rickety-bridges-150-year-olds/feed/ 0 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/frank-lautenberg-1924-2013/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/frank-lautenberg-1924-2013/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:01:31 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11344 Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), the lone ranger on toxic substance reform, dies.]]> http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/frank-lautenberg-1924-2013/feed/ 0 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/a-tart-look-at-the-most-used-sweetener-youve-never-heard-of/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/a-tart-look-at-the-most-used-sweetener-youve-never-heard-of/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 22:05:42 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11307 Today we look at what's in your sweetener.]]> http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/a-tart-look-at-the-most-used-sweetener-youve-never-heard-of/feed/ 0 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/forests-fuel-hydropower-2/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/forests-fuel-hydropower-2/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 14:00:04 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11256 In the Amazon, you don’t need to burn wood for a forest to contribute to energy production. ]]> http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/forests-fuel-hydropower-2/feed/ 0 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/on-science-politics-and-climate-change/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/on-science-politics-and-climate-change/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 23:11:41 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11227 U.S. Representative Lamar Smith’s strutting his science cred.]]> http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/on-science-politics-and-climate-change/feed/ 0 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/a-tar-sands-byproduct-mountains-of-coke/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/a-tar-sands-byproduct-mountains-of-coke/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 14:14:28 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11217 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/a-tar-sands-byproduct-mountains-of-coke/feed/ 0 http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/drilling-and-fracking-and-the-environment/ http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/drilling-and-fracking-and-the-environment/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:18:30 +0000 Bill Chameides http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/?p=11189 Water contamination depends on the local geology.]]> http://blogs.nicholas.duke.edu/thegreengrok/drilling-and-fracking-and-the-environment/feed/ 7