by April Wendling | Feb 24, 2022 | Energy Futures, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest, Opinion/Editorial
By Kayla Vittore The COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t only affected human life; the global climate also felt the impact of this historic event. There was a 6 to 7 percent decline in atmospheric carbon dioxide emissions last year due to a drastic reduction in travel and...
by April Wendling | Feb 23, 2022 | Emerging Technology, Energy Futures, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest
By Tyler Swanson Bitcoin has been called “The People’s Currency” and “The Currency of the Future,” but whatever the name, its rise to prominence in recent years is astonishing. While Bitcoin was initially intended to act as a decentralized currency that anyone...
by April Wendling | Jan 21, 2021 | Energy Futures, Environmental Justice
By Gwenna Heidkamp On a balmy summer day in early July, a few friends and I rented kayaks and moseyed our way down the Middle Fork of the Vermillion River, enjoying Illinois’ only officially designated national scenic river. As hawks circled overhead, small fish...
by April Wendling | Jan 13, 2021 | Energy Futures, Janelle Joseph Environmental Writing Contest, The Human Footprint
By Peter Davis If you’re like most people, you care a great deal about the fine print on products you buy. You might prefer foods with easily pronounceable ingredients rather than indecipherable lists of chemicals. You might go out of your way to buy fair-trade and...
by Tony Mancuso | Aug 31, 2020 | Emerging Technology, Energy Futures, Opinion/Editorial
By Brooke Witkins Science fiction movies have entertained us with plentiful far-fetched predictions about the future. While many of the more eccentric “futuristic” technologies have been left in the past, more realistic energy options have been introduced in recent...
by Tony Mancuso | Aug 31, 2020 | Emerging Technology, Energy Futures, Opinion/Editorial
By Joshua Reed Global society is being held hostage. Humanity continues to spew carbon into the atmosphere because we are told we have no other options. Since the industrial revolution, roughly 375 billion tons of carbon have been emitted into the atmosphere we...
