Environmentalism
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Fightin’ Words: Scott Brown v. Whole Foods
The Republican senator from Massachusetts calls the Austin supermarket chain's sustainability standards "political correctness ... based on uncertain science."
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So Lawn, Farewell
Lawn of a new day.
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This Old House
Jim Atkinson changes out his insulation.
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The New Conservative
Can Jim Atkinson change the world?
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Bruce McCarl
Al Gore may be the public face of climate change, but all around the world, researchers are toiling in semi-obscurity to deepen our understanding of the challenge it poses. One of these is McCarl, a Texas A&M University professor who has spent the past twenty years studying the potential effects of global warming on farming …
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Susan Hovorka
Here’s a convenient truth for you: All those greenhouse gases polluting the atmosphere—the result of burning and combusting oil and gas and coal—can simply go back where they came from, and the environment, not to mention the world, will be better and cleaner for it. That’s the theory behind the work of Hovorka, who has …
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Pliny Fisk III & Gail Vittori
Long before concepts like “green building” and “sustainability” were fashionable, this husband-and-wife team envisioned a future in which architectural design and renewable resources worked together. The nonprofit Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems, which they co-direct, has collaborated on projects as wide-ranging as the eco-friendly renovation of the Pentagon to the development of a model …