Politics & Policy
Campfires pollute air so much that animals avoid the retching smells associated with smoke. Smoke interferes with animals' sense of smell for foraging as well as security. There are so many people using fires that animals are already cooped up or... Read More
Minnesota 2020
A strong Clean Water initiative from the federal government, along with matched funds from the Minnesota Legacy Amendment, present the best opportunity in years to make important progress in remediation and restoration of key superfund sites in the... Read More
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Provisions in the United States' 2012 Farm Bill could sustain environmental stewardship going forward. Conservation practices like alternative tilling help farmers reduce topsoil erosion and improve area water quality.
Farmers and advocates from the... Read More
Here in the United States, almost every container that food or drinks come in are either put into landfills or recycled by using more energy to melt down and make them into new containers. In the days when we didn't throw everything away, we reused... Read More
Environmental and Energy Study Institute
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) held a briefing that challenged widely held assumptions about renewable energy and the infrastructure needed to connect it to the grid. The Midwest’s steady winds could, in theory, power the entire... Read More
Timothy Considine and Robert Watson: Do those names ring a bell?
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When can a student project save the school money? School is all about learning, and these students in Minnesota are getting hands-on experience in sustainable innovations. The students were directly involved in getting solar panels installed at... Read More
The influences that distinguish New York’s approach to Shale Gas from Pennsylvania’s were again on full display this week in Albany.
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New technology is making it possible and practical for photovoltaic installations to work on residential rooftops. Innovative reflective arrays, developed in Minnesota by TenKSolar and 3M, make PV panels space efficient and ramp up the energy... Read More
Rocky Research develops thermal and energy management design innovations for the defense industry. Trey McKay describes the Intelligent Thermostat, which is a combination thermostat - humidistat designed for use in environments encountered aboard... Read More