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EQT chief speaks on fracking, coal, greenhouse gases at UC   - News - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports - : The questio...

Some paleoclimate references my environmental science students might find useful: Climate during the Carboniferous Period Evolution of...

State launches gas-drilling database for public  - News - The Charleston Gazette - West Virginia News and Sports - : "CHARLESTON, W.Va....

I've been reading philosophy and ecology papers, trying to get ahead of my students on the fly with courses I took over mid-semester. Si...

I'm currently flapping around the Internets, scavenging for articles suitable for my environmental science classes. The good news is, it...

Here's a peek at what I've been up to lately: I'm enjoying revisiting my ecology textbooks and reading new PLoS ONE articles. I...

This week the USDA Agricultural Research Service released its new Plant Hardiness Zone Map. Strangely, I discovered this, not through the ...

I've had this article sitting on my "to blog" list for a while: Bugs Inside: What Happens When the Microbes That Keep Us Healt...

"Getting and spending, we lay waste our powers...." An Earth-Day inspired article, Waste Not, Want Not by Bill McKibben reminded ...

The Marcellus shale natural gas extraction business has made the news in West Virginia lately. One company has decided not to build a region...

Dave Bonta, of Via Negativa has posted an open letter to President Obama from nature writer Chris Bolgiano concerning wind power in Appala...

As the weather gets really really cold, I'm daydreaming about starting this year's garden. The Internet makes this a particularly ha...

I read this essay last month: When Writing About John Muir, I Had to See What He Saw by Donald Worster, December 1, 2008, History News Ne...

Earlier this year, we dug a big hole in the ground, breaking through and turning over a layer of shale sandwiched between layers of clay....

Here's another event that demonstrates there are no easy solutions to environmental problems. The American demand for corn for ethanol h...

Recently, our local TV news has been reporting a new study indicating that life expectancies for rural Appalachian women have decreased in t...

Earth Day spawned a host of articles on "environmental issues." I'm still sifting through my RSS feed results from that day, w...

I have mixed feelings when I read snide articles like Greed In the Name Of Green--To Worshipers of Consumption: Spending Won't Save the ...

The broccoli seeds I planted Tuesday had already sprouted yesterday morning. I used to get very frustrated by the process of starting seeds...

The warm weather and the school vacation have given me the chance I needed to start seeds for our garden. Last year, I ordered heirloom gar...