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Compact Fluorescents Not the Only Light of the Future

Response: The editor of Midwest Energy News notes that while CFLs are a common replacement for power-hungry incandescent bulbs, new laws don't mandate their use and their drawbacks are often overstated.

Ken Paulman

Environment

Last Charge of the (Incandescent) Light Brigade

The movement to change your incandescent light bulbs for compact fluorescents completed its successful European Union campaign. The United States is next.

Michael Scott Moore

Environment

The Greening of Angela Merkel

German Chancellor (and physicist) Angela Merkel did a 180 on nuclear energy after Fukushima, setting off an "energy revolution" in the process.

Michael Scott Moore

Environment

Profile: Reddy Stayed Steady During Gulf Oil Spill

Marine chemist Christopher Reddy offered dispassionate and scientific analyses of the Gulf oil spill last year when others were losing their heads.

Robert Whitcomb

Environment

Germany Crafts Its Nuclear Power Exit Strategy

Phasing out nuclear power around the world is easier said than done; the Germans (and Japanese) are, so far, the most serious about it.

Michael Scott Moore

Environment

Solving Eco-challenges With Today’s Data

A new academic center at the University of Maryland promises to take undervalued research and synthesize it into answers for pressing environmental challenges.

Dan Watson

Environment

Developing Smart Cars, Roads for a Greener Drive

Even without fancy new cars or fuels, technology now motoring off the drawing board will help you take that lead foot off the accelerator and start driving green.

Melinda Burns

Environment

‘Safe Planet’ Uses the Arts to Explain Chemical Exposure Threat

The U.N. enlists the arts to bring home the arcane but vital necessity of reducing the phalanx of chemicals saturating our bodies.

Trish Riley

Environment

Ocean Index Navigates Between the Politic, the Pristine

Scientists are from Mars, policymakers are from Venus, and bridging that gap is one of the goals of those designing the Ocean Health Index.

Karen McLeod, Jameal Samhouri and Ben Halpern

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Texas’ Thirst for Dams Bucks National Trend

North Texas, the fastest-growing region in the fastest-growing state in the nation, has a growing demand for water. While the rest of the U.S. is tearing down decaying dams, Texas wants some dam water.

Wendee Holtcamp