Plugged In: Hyattsville, Md., police officer advances electric vehicles
WASHINGTON—Richard Hartnett’s official title at the Hyattsville Police Department might be sergeant, but it could just as easily be chief “EV”angelist. He has put his...
Category: climate change
Curbing the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is the global challenge of the 21st century. Most energy and environmental policy take these heat-trapping gases into account. Fossil fuel-fired power plants, buildings and the transportation sector are the main emitters but agriculture, landfills and other sectors are also of concern.
Woman of the Cloth: Diverting fabric from landfills one pair of pants at a time
WASHINGTON—The average American tosses upward of 70 pounds of T-shirts, jeans, sweaters and towels into the garbage. Each year. Do the math in the nation’s...
Rx for Appalachia: Non-profit restoring native forests to mountains devastated by coal mining and logging
DURBIN, WEST VIRGINIA—Near the top of Cheat Mountain, bulldozer operator Bill Moore grimaces at the wreckage littering the steep slope below. It looks as if...