Tag: Utah
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Researchers nuke up new solar cell material in microwave that used to make lunch
Scientists up-cycle the microwave that used to make lunch to develop a cheap method using more abundant and less toxic materials to make nanocrystal semiconductors.
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Massive landslide rocks Utah copper mine
Tim Heffernan at BoingBoing explains how a massive landslide at the world's largest open-pit copper mine in Utah is a reminder that "sometimes it's still the earth itself that shakes the world."
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Let's Permanently Protect Utah's Greater Canyonlands
Famed hiker Aron Ralston on why Utah's beautiful Greater Canyonlands deserve permanent protection.
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5 Yoga Retreats We Want to Go on Now
From coastal getaways to desert hotspots, these retreats sooth the body and soul.
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Parking Lots Kill Birds? Thousands Die in Utah Crash Landing
In Utah, birds plunge to their death after storms make parking lots look like ponds. Thwack. Another reason for less pavement?
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Interlocking Cross Laminated Timber Could Use Up Square Miles Of Beetle-Killed Lumber, and Look Gorgeous, Too
Really, we should be putting people to work squeezing this stuff out like toothpaste before all the trees rot.
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Off-Grid Farming, Cave Dwelling and the Anasazi Ruins of Utah (Video)
When I posted on The Perennial Plate's episode on finding wild food in New Mexico, I noted that it was an all together gentler affair than the previous weeks' footage of feral pigs being trapped and slaughtered. But
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Rolling Stop for Cyclists Rolls From Idaho To Utah
Oregon tried unsuccessfully to implement a rolling stop for bicycles during its last legislative session in 2009. Now it looks as if Oregonians are likely to be upstaged by
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DIY Trombe Wall Made From River Rock and Wire
While researching The Trombe Wall: Low Tech Solar Design Makes A Comeback I stumbled over the work of DesignBuildBLUFF, the principal mission of which is to "design and build safe, sustainable off-grid homes for needy
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Preserving the Sound of Silence in Zion National Park
With many roads closed today for a marathon cutting through the city, parts of Istanbul were wonderfully -- if eerily -- quiet and peaceful. Though I've become accustomed to the constant
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Exploiting Utah's Oil Shale Deposits is Fossil Foolishness (Video)
Ahead of its upcoming report Fossil Foolishness: Utah's Pursuit of Tar Sands and Oil Shale Western Resource Advocates has produced the above short video detailing, as you might imagine from the title, why even though it may be tempting to try to cook
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One Way To Improve Environmental Journalism: Confront The Obvious, Over & Over Again
If I had a dollar for every time some journalism 'expert' was quoted in a story about what's wrong with climate coverage I could afford a subscription to the New York Times. Dealing with
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Trend Watch: Coal Lobby Attacking Rewable Energy Incentives From The State Level
Matt recently posted about a resolution before the
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Utah House of Reps Passes Resolution Calling Climate Change a Conspiracy
In an effort to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to "cease its carbon dioxide reduction policies, programs, and regulations until climate data and global warming science are substantiated" the Utah House of Representatives has passed a
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Sundance Film Fest 2010 Debuts New Hot Eco-Docs
This year's environmentally-conscious Sundance Film Festival opens today in Park City, Utah with Hollywood heavies and aspiring filmmakers abuzz. Last year, it premiered a
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Wind Kids Science Experiment Turns Into 200 MW Wind Farm
Curious high school science teacher, Andy Swapp, of Milford, Utah wondered just how well a wind turbine might work in Milford. Given that he has a fresh supply of eager (well, at least some of them) minds, he decided to involve his kids in the
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Utah's Largest Wind Farm Completed - 203 MW Milford Wind Corridor to Supply 45,000 Homes' Power
Good to see some bigger wind power projects being completed... First Wind has announced that the first 203 MW phase of the Milford Wind Corridor in Utah has been completed. Located on land in Millard and Beaver County, the 97 wind turbine project will
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Obama Spares 100,000 Acres from Bush-Approved Oil Drilling
In the last few weeks of his term, the Bush administration controversially approved 77 sites for oil drilling in Utah. The move was immediately challenged by environmental groups, and a federal judge agreed--he said the review process
