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Global Warming Is Colorblind
In nearly two years of volunteering and working at an urban nature preserve, I have never seen another face like mine come through our doors. At least, I’ve not seen another Continue reading
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Lessons from the New World
Four hundred years ago, British ships deposited 104 settlers on the shores of a richly diverse and sustaining land. Their task, and that of a later shipload, was to find wealth Continue reading
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A Very, Very Small Opportunity
Over the last few decades, scientists have developed tools that allow them to see and manipulate matter at an atomic scale, down to a nanometer (that’s around one eighty-thousandth the width Continue reading
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Think Like an Ocean
My uncle Bill calls it “getting snarfed” — that unforgettable experience of being swept up by a huge wave, thrashed around like dirty laundry, and then spat onto the beach with Continue reading
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The Limits of Ethical Capitalism
Last September, at the Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York City, I listened to a well-known Silicon Valley venture capitalist tout the green revolution. Ethanol plants, solar panels, wind turbines Continue reading