It’s been decades since the buildings of the White Chemical Corp. in Newark, New Jersey were demolished, the 10,000 drums leaking carcinogenic Trichloroethylene and 1,2-Dichloroethane were removed, and the owner of the company was convicted. But gr...
Even as the national Republican Party nurtures a strong sect of climate denialists, Republican-dominated Southeastern states have been quietly courting the electric vehicle (EV) market. It is a daunting task considering increased polarization around ...
A small house in Spring, Texas, worth $42,000, flooded 19 times due to heavy rain. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) covered repairs for each of those floods, costing a whopping $912,732—over 20 times the value of the house itself. About ...
Hello readers, and welcome to the coldest March that I’ve experienced in some time. The federal government was closed on Monday because of snow (but not the Supreme Court), and as I write this column here at Brown, the temperature is currently 15 d...
Hello readers, and welcome to the coldest March that I’ve experienced in some time. The federal government was closed on Monday because of snow (but not the Supreme Court), and as I write this column here at Brown, the temperature is currently 15 d...
How much does it cost to win a gubernatorial election? Or to kick out an incumbent Republican Senator? How much does it cost to save the environment? Answers to these questions may become clearer in coming years. The 2010 Supreme Court Citizens Unite...
How much does it cost to win a gubernatorial election? Or to kick out an incumbent Republican Senator? How much does it cost to save the environment? Answers to these questions may become clearer in coming years. The 2010 Supreme Court Citizens Unite...
In 1890, the United States Census Bureau announced the end of the Western frontier. Yet the frontier spirit has surfaced intermittently in America’s cultural history well beyond this concrete date. Today, amid the United States’ hard economic fal...
In 1890, the United States Census Bureau announced the end of the Western frontier. Yet the frontier spirit has surfaced intermittently in America’s cultural history well beyond this concrete date. Today, amid the United States’ hard economic fal...
Towns across America are hitting a troubling paradox in downtown revitalization: people do not want to move downtown until there is a grocery store there, but no grocery store wants to relocate until a critical mass of people live downtown. I know ...
Towns across America are hitting a troubling paradox in downtown revitalization: people do not want to move downtown until there is a grocery store there, but no grocery store wants to relocate until a critical mass of people live downtown. I know ...
Get ready for an eventful 2013 hurricane season. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center estimates that three to six major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 and 5; winds of 111 mph or higher) will make appearances this fall. Where and when, exactly, no one knows....
Get ready for an eventful 2013 hurricane season. NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center estimates that three to six major hurricanes (Category 3, 4 and 5; winds of 111 mph or higher) will make appearances this fall. Where and when, exactly, no one knows....
According to estimates, about 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and many have little understanding of our agricultural industry aside from what they buy in the grocery store. Various advocacy groups, however, are pushing for increased transpa...
According to estimates, about 80% of Americans live in urban areas, and many have little understanding of our agricultural industry aside from what they buy in the grocery store. Various advocacy groups, however, are pushing for increased transpa...
“For such a small state, why can’t it get its act together?” This is a sentiment often evoked when thinking of Rhode Island. From unemployment to pension reform, the Union’s tiniest member seems to have the greatest proportion of problems. On...
“For such a small state, why can’t it get its act together?” This is a sentiment often evoked when thinking of Rhode Island. From unemployment to pension reform, the Union’s tiniest member seems to have the greatest proportion of problems. On...
Bob Inglis, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, spoke to members of the Brown community Tuesday about climate change. Inglis, while in Congress, voted against a cap and trade system to reduce carbon emissions. But he’s come to...
Bob Inglis, a former Republican congressman from South Carolina, spoke to members of the Brown community Tuesday about climate change. Inglis, while in Congress, voted against a cap and trade system to reduce carbon emissions. But he’s come to...
The State Department’s draft report on the Keystone XL pipeline, released March 1st, has already been subject to loud criticism and praise. The American Petroleum Institute hailed the report, the New York Times called it a “2,000 page lubricant...
The State Department’s draft report on the Keystone XL pipeline, released March 1st, has already been subject to loud criticism and praise. The American Petroleum Institute hailed the report, the New York Times called it a “2,000 page lubricant...
Since last week’s Carnival Triumph debacle, Carnival Corp., owner of the cruise line, has had a lot of explaining to do. Concerned consumers as well as analysts have suggested that, as it expands its operations to more ships with higher passenger c...
Since last week’s Carnival Triumph debacle, Carnival Corp., owner of the cruise line, has had a lot of explaining to do. Concerned consumers as well as analysts have suggested that, as it expands its operations to more ships with higher passenger c...
It’s a little funny how climate change is an issue of belief. Most controversial issues, like evolution, are framed in terms of faith. But we wouldn’t ask someone if they believe in antibiotics or gravity. I understand how evolution could be cont...
It’s a little funny how climate change is an issue of belief. Most controversial issues, like evolution, are framed in terms of faith. But we wouldn’t ask someone if they believe in antibiotics or gravity. I understand how evolution could be cont...
As another ironically nice day passes us by, and the reality of actually perhaps having to go to classes at some point finally sinks in, I’d like to take this chance to comment on a disturbing trend I’ve seen in some of the post-Sandy pun...
As another ironically nice day passes us by, and the reality of actually perhaps having to go to classes at some point finally sinks in, I’d like to take this chance to comment on a disturbing trend I’ve seen in some of the post-Sandy pun...