Category Archives: Energy

The Grid: The Fraying Wires between Americans and Our Energy Future

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Harry Katz

A PhD in cultural anthropology might seem like an odd background for someone writing a book about our national electricity grid. But Gretchen Bakke sees the grid as more than just generating plants, transmission wires, substations, poles, meters, outlets and … Continue reading →

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Big World Small Planet

Posted on January 30, 2016 by Harry Katz

Are we doomed?  Have we messed up the Earth beyond all hope?  News reports about the environment would sure make you think so.  From CO2 emissions to deforestation to species extinction; you name it, it seems like humans are totally … Continue reading →

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