Last year, we installed 6.2 kW of panels at our house in Maine, and we have not been disappointed.
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energy
Sixty-Three Cans to the Gallon
Recently, when I saw the driver of an SUV pitch a soda can out the window, I wondered “how many cans would he need to recycle each day to make up for the energy heContinue reading
Let’s Talk About Water- Deadbeat Dams
Earlier this spring the Duke River Center and the Duke Water Network hosted a “Let’s Talk About Water” event, which included a film screening of DamNation, followed by a panel discussion. DamNation is a featureContinue reading
Let’s take the e out of fraecking!
I know of few environmental topics that engender more emotion than proposals to extract natural gas using hydraulic fracturing methods (i.e., fracking) to open up the pores in bedrock.
Biochar Reality Check
Biochar (formerly known as charcoal) has attracted a lot of recent attention, owing to increasing interest in carbon sequestration in soils for greenhouse gas mitigation.
The Tragedy of the Atmosphere
If one looks only slightly beneath the surface, the current arguments against climate change are not about the science, but about how the regulation of CO2 emissions to the atmosphere would result in a loss of individual and corporate liberties and about raising the cost of the good life.
The Pope and Ecology: Shouts from the Highest Steeple
The excitement is building: for the first time in history, the Pope is issuing an encyclical on the environment… but wait, why is this important? Two details: 1. The Pope presides over the largest religiousContinue reading
Duke Nicholas vs. Yale FES
It’s spring again, which means some lucky potential students might be trying to choose between school options. Some people out there may be trying to make a similar decision to the one I did a fewContinue reading
Beyond Keystone XL: How to win the war on climate change
Last week, environmentalists celebrated President Obama’s veto of the Keystone XL pipeline. But we shouldn’t jump for joy too soon. As long as the price of oil, now about $50 per barrel, is above theContinue reading
Tripp Burwell
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, faculty, forests, students, sustainability, travel, Uncategorized
climate, conservation, energy, environmental economics, environmental health, environmental policy, ESC, faculty, forests, students, sustainability, travel, Uncategorized
In Pursuit of Illegal Loggers in India
In 2010, I went to India to develop the capacity of an NGO there. We ended up uncovering an illegal logging ring that had to be dealt with. This week’s blog is hosted at National Geographic.