I report on climate, energy, resource extraction, and outdoor recreation for a wide range of print and audio outlets.
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The New Mexico co-op breaking up with fossil fuels
An 80-year-old electricity supplier goes all in on decarbonization.
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Fixit Clinics turn consumers into fixers
Fixit Clinics are all about empowering people and spreading an ethos of repair-ability.
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Compostable packaging’s contested, complicated past doesn’t determine its future
“The three main problems with compostable packaging are contamination, contamination and contamination." - Neil Edgar, California Compost Coalition
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The Fascinating (and Toxic) History of Ski Resorts
Many visitors to ski resorts throughout the West probably don't realize that, nine times out of ten, they're skiing on abandoned mine sites.
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Building Codes that Promote Resilient Design Still Get a Mixed Reception
In the wake of a brutal hurricane season, architects faced both forward and backward momentum in their efforts to champion resilient design standards.
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Visionary Solutions to Bayfront Inundation
In the Bay Area, where water will rise slowly, unpunctuated by the type of hurricanes or cataclysmic storms the East Coast experiences, retreat is a hard sell.
