Last year, we installed 6.2 kW of panels at our house in Maine, and we have not been disappointed.
Author: William Schlesinger
Save the Wetspot
Beyond aesthetics and the intangible value of nature, wetlands also provide real economic value to our property.
Good things come in small packages
Sometimes environmentalists get accused of being against everything, so it’s important to speak out when the science suggests that a new technology is not obviously harmful to the environment. Right now, I think that isContinue reading
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
Element Number 7
Fixed nitrogen helps in the growth of crops and forests, but when it escapes from the point of application, it causes a number of environmental problems that should concern us all. For policy makers, nitrogen may be the new carbon.
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.
Coming from an ash pile near you.
Costs for the management of coal ash should not be externalized on certain locations near the piles and lagoons, but rather borne by all those who use electricity generated in coal-fired power plants.
Labored Breathing
For air pollution, the science needs to inform policy. When it does, good things happen in every realm: people get healthier, the environment gets healthier, and so does the economy
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
The fact is that the consensus on climate change is stronger than the consensus that led to the Surgeon General’s report on smoking.
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.