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Energy Hogs: Are They Lurking in Your Home? 27 Aug 2013 | 05:37 pm
BUSINESS Does your smartphone use more energy than a refrigerator? A recent report by the Digital Power Group claimed that an average iPhone uses more juice for battery charging, data […]
Yosemite Fire is ‘Highest Priority’ Blaze in U.S. 26 Aug 2013 | 06:12 pm
UNITED STATES The Rim Fire, raging through Yosemite National Park, is “the highest priority fire in the country right now because of its location, because Yosemite National Park is at […]
March on Washington 23 Aug 2013 | 06:22 pm
UNITED STATES 50 years ago this week, civil rights leaders engaged in what Martin Luther King, Jr., called “the greatest demonstration of freedom in the history of our nation.” (Washington […]
UN Report Spotlights Global Warming 22 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
ENVIRONMENT A draft report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was leaked this week. In it, the UN-affiliated group outlined the “near-certainty” that people are responsible for ...
Afghanistan’s Poetry in Motion 21 Aug 2013 | 06:08 pm
GEOGRAPHY “I am chasing you like a drone/You have become al-Qaida/there’s no trace of you.” Trucks painted in vivid colors and lettered with poems are part of the cultural landscape […]
The Road Map Project 20 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
The Road Map Project brought together experts in geography, education, and research from across the U.S. to create a set of landmark reports focusing on key issues for educational improvement: […]
Crazy for Cronuts 20 Aug 2013 | 06:05 pm
FOOD Consider the cronut: With the looks of a doughnut and the inner workings of a croissant, this confectionary hybrid has become a near-global sensation since it debuted in New […]
Ecuador OKs Oil Drilling in the Amazon 19 Aug 2013 | 05:16 pm
ENVIRONMENT Ecuador OKs Oil Drilling in the Amazon “The world has failed us,” says Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa. In 2007, Correa and the United Nations Development Program proposed a plan […]
Teach Complex Issues in the Energy Conversation 15 Aug 2013 | 07:55 pm
Whether you teach grades 4-8 or 9-12, find all the free resources you’ll need to fill out your energy curriculum this year. Explore fun, grade-specific educational activities: Engaging interactive map...
A Few of my Favorite “Tweets” 15 Aug 2013 | 07:49 pm
And now, a song to celebrate the Great Nature Project. Ahem. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, Bright colored beetles and warm looking fish fins, Brown eagles on branches, […]
