Articles by Heather Smith
Heather Smith (on Twitter, @strangerworks) is interested in the various ways that humans try to save the environment: past, present, and future.
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Risk game: What a warmer planet means to the bottom line
How do we move beyond vague climate fears? Risky Business’ Kate Gordon is assembling hard data on what’s at stake for business.
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Nancy Drew and the mystery of the secret oil spill
It took alert hikers to notice that four miles of a Utah national monument have turned black from an oil-field leak. What else are we failing to catch?
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Why we can’t seem to stop oil-filled rail cars from going boom
Oil-bearing trains keep exploding -- yet the regulatory structure that's supposed to keep the rails safe isn't able to do much.
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Toto, our wind turbines are safe for another year!
Conservative lobbyists keep trying to kill Kansas' alternative energy mandate, and keep failing. On the plains, wind has support from both left and right.