Browsing Tag
September 2008
19 posts
Putting Corporations on the Carbon Scale
Mike Wallace helps climate-savvy investors determine whether companies will prosper or shrivel as carbon dioxide regulation becomes reality.
Burning Down the House to Keep Warm
Only a fool would support expanded domestic exploration — offshore or elsewhere — under the Bush administration's dysfunctional energy policies. Here's how those policies need to change for America to responsibly find the energy it needs.
Bill of Goods: The World’s Biggest Boondoggles
As seen in our main story on a cure for billion-dollar cost overruns, here's a look at some infamous public works projects and what went wrong.
Derailing the Boondoggle
A Danish professor promotes a cure for billion-dollar cost overruns in government megaprojects: Use past boondoggles as a baseline.
A Future of Less
Here's how government can help curb America's seemingly endless appetite for "more."
No Weighting
Oregon researchers develop counseling approaches that reduce anorexia, bulimia and obesity among young women — apparently for years.
Earthship Trooper
Michael Reynolds has been building his variety of low-consumption, off-the-grid housing for decades. Now, though, the Earthship is taking off.
Close Encounters of the Magnetohydrodynamic Kind
An engineering professor has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft design ... or flying saucer