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Northwestern University
Tuesday, February 06, 2018
Every August, hundreds of fishermen, boaters and spectators descend on the tiny village of Bath, Illinois for a weekend of fun — and to try to catch the most invasive Asian carp.
Tags: invasive species, fishing, food, local food, climate change, sea level rise, storyfest2018
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Scott Pruitt at the Conservative Political Action Conference 2015. (Gage Skidmore/Creative Commons)
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Northwestern University
Thursday, April 26, 2018
A House Appropriations subcommittee grilled U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt on his deregulation agenda and spending habits.
Tags: Pruitt, epa, Trump, congress, house, appropriations, budget, regulations, Clean Power Plan
This is just part of a 7.2 kW rooftop solar system in Bayview, Wisconsin, as seen in 2007. (M.J. Monty/Creative Commons)
Northwestern University
Friday, May 11, 2018
Solar power is now the third most popular renewable energy source, behind water and wind, according to a new report by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Tags: renewables, home solar, california, energy efficiency, community solar, solar
_1.jpg%3Fitok=mkonQV3f "Kalu Yala sits within the Tres Brazos Valley of Panama. (Emma Sarappo/Medill)")
Northwestern University
Friday, May 19, 2017
What are the financial and cultural challenges Kalu Yala is facing in recruiting Panamanian residents as interns and staff?
Tags: Kalu Yala; study abroad; sustainability; international development
Panama’s goat-like cows graze along the road to Kalu Yala. (Emma Sarappo/Medill)
Northwestern University
Monday, April 24, 2017
One sustainable jungle town in Panama hopes to repopulate iguanas in their natural habitat and begin using them as an alternative meat source to cows in the tropics.
Tags: kalu yala, sustainability, alternative protein sources
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Northwestern University
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
A Capitol Hill hearing called to discuss the use of technology to address climate change quickly veered into a long debate about how much human activity has contributed to the country’s warming temperature.
Tags: Climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, climate technology, politics, environmental policy, environmental science
A technician at the Strategic Petroleum Reserve inspects a crude oil transfer pipe in this 2013 file image. (Photo courtesy the Department of Energy)
Northwestern University
Monday, July 30, 2018
A GOP-lead House energy subcommittee is pushing legislation to require the DOE to lease some of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve facilities, and use the profits to update old equipment and infrastructure, as reported by Medill's Minghe Hu.
Tags: crude oil, energy, Fossil Fuels, politics, petroleum, Infrastructure
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Northwestern University
Friday, August 10, 2018
The University of Michigan is investing millions to create technologies that capture carbon dioxide and turn it into products, though experts say some may not help reduce greenhouse gas permanently. Roxanne Liu and Minghe Hu report.
Tags: Carbon, carbon capture, CO2, emissions, business
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Northwestern University
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Blockchain technology could make the U.S. more energy efficient in the long run, but right now the cryptocurrency miners using blockchain actually are consuming large amounts electricity. Minghe Hu from Northwestern's Medill reports.
Tags: bitcoin, cryptocurrency, blockchain, energy usage, peak demand, clean energy, politics
Northwestern University
Friday, August 24, 2018
Alaskan Native Americans face problems with reduced number of salmon due to climate change.