A sampling of my reporting on energy and the environment for …
SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN Founded in 1845, America’s oldest continually-published magazine covers science, technology, and policy and has a worldwide audience of more than 5 million people. Weather-Smart Electric Grids Are Needed for Wind and Solar Power to Surge [pdf]
TECHNOLOGY REVIEW Founded in 1899, MIT Technology Review operates independently from the world’s foremost technology institution. Can Japan Recapture its Solar Power? ☍ Alberta’s Oil Sands Heat Up ☍ Carbon Trading on the Cheap ☍ Saving Lives with Living Machines [pdf]
IEEE SPECTRUM Flagship magazine for the world’s largest professional technology association and publisher, Spectrum explores the development, applications and implications of new technologies. It won a National Magazine Award for “General Excellence Among Thought Leader Magazines” and a Jesse H. Neal Award for Best News Coverage for its special report on the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan. Japan’s Post-Fukushima Power Struggle ☍ Germany Jumpstarts the Supergrid ☍ China’s Cyclists Take Charge ☍ Nuclear Wasteland
NATURE The world’s most cited scientific journal is an authoritative news source on science advances and science policy. Climate Policy: Scientists Get Political ☍ Dispatching Demand ☍ Next Generation Biofuels
NEW SCIENTIST The world’s most popular weekly science and technology magazine, published in London. Finally we can power the planet on renewables alone – here’s how [pdf] ☍ Gamechangers: Energy [pdf]
DISCOVER A popular science magazine launched in October 1980 by Time Inc. Averting the Blackout of the Century ☍ The Easiest Way to Fight Global Warming? ☍ Turning Turkey Guts Into Oil
InsideClimate NEWS An independent, Pulitzer Prize-winning not-for-profit news organization. Has the UN Climate Assessment Process Become Obsolete? ☍ States Are Using Social Cost of Carbon in Energy Decisions, Despite Trump’s Opposition
ENSIA An independent, nonprofit magazine focused on solutions journalism. Are Energy-Saving Settings Bad for the Environment? ☍ If Carbon Pricing is So Great, Why isn’t it Working?
AlbertaViews In 2009 this feisty little monthly was named Canadian Magazine of the Year. Digging a Carbon Hole for Canada [pdf]
SUNDAY TIMES of LONDON A colourful Murdoch broadsheet. Keeping an Eye on the Storm ☍ An Ice Age Cometh
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD This >110-year-old monthly is read by both professional architects and engineers and non-experts tracking cutting edge design. Building-Integrated Wind Power: A Force of Nature ☍ Wizards of Weather ☍ Green Walls ☍ Urban Agriculture Grows Up
CBC.ca The public broadcaster’s online presence and one of Canada’s most popular websites. Peace River: a wind-power success story