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Brita Belli
Posts by Brita Belli :
The Groundswell
For Annie Farrell, a childhood spent in the tiny dairy farm town of Bovina, New York, connected her to land, and food, in ways that would shape her entire adult life.
The Fuel in Your Drinking Water
Rocket fuel chemicals in drinking water pose a health concern that’s received scant public—or government—attention. But that may be changing.
Go Go Gadget Recycling
Our gadget addiction has a downside: the truckloads of electronic waste left behind.
Renewables Gaining Ground, Without Congress’ Help
Renewable energy is almost tied with nuclear power in terms of U.S. energy production.
Undoing California’s Climate Progress
Two Texas oil interests are throwing money and weight behind the "Yes on 23" campaign pushing Proposition 23 in California—a bill that would undo the state’s landmark global warming legislation, and set back national efforts to put national climate-change legislation in motion.
Telecommuting Worse for the Environment
In a surprise reversal of the notion that working from home or shopping online is an environmental alternative to driving, a new study finds that both activities increase one’s carbon emissions.
Simple Water Solutions
Water shortages across much of the developing world have serious implications for the future security of world nations. Author David Molden writes for the Science and Development Network that small-scale solutions are the key.
Forming Lines in Texas
The company Pattern Energy Group—a wind and transmission developer—is planning to build a 400-mile transmission line in West Texas to bring Texas" wind power to the rest of the Southeast U.S.
Bullet Trains: Lock and Load
High-speed rail, long seen as the missing element in the U.S. transportation picture, has finally begun in earnest. On September 17, the first significant high-speed rail project began construction in Illinois, using $98 million in funds from the Obama Administration’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.