When you think of Colorado, what comes to your mind?
In my case, it’s Pike’s Peak (a water reuse facility exists there), Aspen, Denver, and Coors. (No, I don’t really drink their beer. I knew the firm for years because they made chemical apparatus [yes, they started during Prohibition]- and because their cans use ultraviolet light curing of their labels.) Oh, yeah, pot is legal in Colorado. (They love the idea of mile-high living, I guess.)
Continue reading Only in Colorado
We discussed the Global Change Research Program earlier this week. You remember- the report that explains how badly climate change is going to prove for life as we know it. The one that TheDonald wanted to bury, so he had it released on the Friday after Thanksgiving.
Continue reading Another Global Change Report?
This post was written long before The Donald elected to withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord. (That accord is officially entitled the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. I italicized ‘framework’ to ensure y’all recognize this is but a suggestion to preserve the world in which we live- not a series of regulations governing our lives.) Everything in the post below still applies. Except now, the warnings are probably more dire.
Continue reading Stop! In the name of truth!
I am sure, by now, you recognize that my research and business interests cross a variety of disciplines. So, my casual reading in any given day can include the following journals: Microbe, Journal of Bacteriology, Water Reuse, Nephrology News, JASN, JAMA, Harvard Business Review, Strategy+… you get the idea.
Continue reading Feed the World
Coal is still king? Well, the US certainly has an abundance of coal. And, a slew of power plants around the world are still running on coal. (Admittedly, many of them are in China.)
Continue reading Power Plants and Carbon Dioxide Emissions
