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Tuesday, January 17, 2012 2:54 PM

Is Climate Change Real?

Is climate change real? There are a number of sound arguments for and against the concept of climate change resulting from global warming. I, for one, have been a bit of a skeptic, but if you’ve read any of my earlier blog postings, you’ve...
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011 1:22 PM

Fracking, Coal Tar Sands, and Wind

The debate concerning the environmental impacts of “fracking,” the process of injecting water under pressure to release natural gas buried underground is making all the headlines lately. There are significant questions concerning environmental...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011 11:22 AM

Can Infrastructure Go Green?

An article in the October 17 issue of ENR titled “ Green Infrastructure Faces Tough Time Gaining Traction ” (subscription necessary) highlights some of the problems applying sustainability to infrastructure design and construction. The article...
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Wednesday, March 30, 2011 11:48 AM

Japan’s Nuclear Problem

We’re all anxiously hoping that Japan can get their Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant under control and prevent continued nuclear contamination releases into the air and water. The environmental damage that has already occurred will take many years...
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Friday, February 04, 2011 11:01 AM

Infrastructure You Can’t See

When we talk about funding infrastructure, why is it that roads, bridges, and airports get the attention? Probably because we all see them every day and a failure is catastrophic (always making today’s news). Our public investment in water and wastewater...
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Friday, October 22, 2010 8:10 AM

Our Precious Water Resources

When we think of efficiency and conservation, most of us immediately think of our electric use and how many miles we can go on a gallon of gas, but how many of us think about our water consumption? I am a water resources engineer, so my hand goes up,...
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Tuesday, October 05, 2010 1:42 PM

Where Did All the Oil Go?

I’ve found the disparity of opinions concerning where the oil form the BP spill has gone quite fascinating and at least a little troubling. BP and even some federal agencies suggest that the oil that didn’t surface has disbursed and will likely...
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Monday, March 01, 2010 2:10 PM

Vermont and the Nuclear Debate

President Obama has made a push to promote the construction of nuclear power facilities as part of his long-range energy plan. This has met with opposition from environmental groups and others with concerns about safety and the environment. To further...
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Friday, October 09, 2009 4:51 PM

Are We Ready to Lead?

I read with great interest a recent article by Daniel Lyons in Newsweek, entitled An SOS for Science . While I don’t agree with everything he states, he much more eloquently than I, raises one of my chief concerns: Is the US is ready to lead the...
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