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Thursday, April 19, 2012
The growing role of natural gas in the U.S. energy mix continues to confound and divide renewable energy experts and investors. Is America’s abundant supply of shale gas a boon for the renewable industry, or undercutting it?
Tags: natural gas, fracking, solar wind
Planet Forward, The George Washington University
Tuesday, July 21, 2015
As the solar industry grows, scientists and businesses have been thinking up new ways to reduce cost, increase efficiency, improve aesthetics and create options for off-grid solar.
Tags: solar, concentrated solar, perovskite, tandem solar, nanowires, innovation
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Could produce and packaged food be labeled with carbon data in the future? (Katherine Baker/Columbia University)
Planet Forward Senior Correspondent | Cornell University
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
The food system emits up to one-third of global greenhouse gas emissions and many consumers are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Sustainability labeling may be part of the solution.
Tags: food, sustainability
George Washington University
Thursday, February 22, 2018
The popular imagination may think of agriculture as Mom and Dad with a pitchfork, but today’s Nebraskan corn farm is probably the furthest thing from the average arm-chair-futurist’s daydreams of farming reality.
Tags: pfinnebraska, Nebraska, precision agriculture, agriculture, farm, storyfest2018
Jacob Lebel, in the tan jacket center left, and fellow plaintiffs in front of the Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. (Robin Loznak)
George Washington University
Friday, May 11, 2018
A group of 21 young plaintiffs have sued the federal government for climate change. We interviewed one of the plaintiffs involved for a run-down on the history, implications, and new advancements in the lawsuit.
Tags: climate, Government, climate change, lawsuit
Smoke rises from a plant tower, polluting the air. (Public Domain)
State University College at Buffalo
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Susan Anenberg, an expert in public health and environmental science, sat down with Planet Forward to discuss the implications that unchecked pollution can have on human life.
Tags: expert voices, air pollution, Environment, climate change, public health, health, disease, epa, emissions
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
We all use water bottles, but if you're not filling up a reusable every time you're creating a lot of waste. Disposable bottles are convenient, and convenience determines what gets used - the folks at True2o think they might be able to bridge the...
Tags: green living, Water, recycling, water bottles, students
Planet Forward, George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Government oil use mostly goes towards the military, but with prices on the rise an alternative is becoming essential.
Tags: biofuels, Military, oil prices, Navy, ray mabus, aircraft carrier, military fuel, oil alternative
National Geographic and Planet Forward
Monday, May 09, 2011
By Scott Bittle and Jean Johnson
When it comes to energy policy, do we really need to agree on the why before we can agree on the what?
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Purdue's Solar Decathlon house featured a innovative biowall--but how practical is this kind of feature? Anthony Cefali takes a look at the future of biological interiors.