EnvironmentMay 2, 2012
Spring's First Harvest: local organic produce
Stories by Robynne Boyd
Robynne Boyd began writing about people and the planet when living barefoot and by campfire on the North Shore of Kauai, Hawaii. Over a decade later and now fully dependent on electricity, she continues this work as an editor for IISD Reporting Services. When not in search of misplaced commas and terser prose, Robynne writes about environment and energy. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
EnvironmentApril 22, 2012
The Earth Beneath Our Feet
EnvironmentMarch 30, 2012
Light on Landfills: Solar energy covers turn maxed-out landfills into solar farms
EnvironmentMarch 7, 2012
Talkin' Trash: the Quick and Dirty on Recycling
EnvironmentFebruary 9, 2012
New Nuclear Reactors Approved
EnvironmentNovember 8, 2011
A "Near" Miss: Asteroid 2005 YU55
September 29, 2011
Georgia’s New Nuclear Reactors Closer to Approval
Quick update: Two days of testimony wrapped up yesterday concerning the construction and operation of Plant Vogtle’s new commercial nuclear reactors.
EnvironmentSeptember 15, 2011
The South's Nuclear Revival?
EnvironmentAugust 26, 2011
Closing the Gaping Hole in the Nuclear-fuel Cycle
EnvironmentAugust 12, 2011
Rail-to-Trail Revitalization
July 29, 2011
Food: Knowing Where it's Growing
July 14, 2011
One Footprint at a Time
EnvironmentMarch 10, 2011
Blue Carbon: An Oceanic Opportunity to Fight Climate Change
Mangroves, salt marshes and sea grasses soak up to five times more carbon than tropical forests, making their conservation critical
EnvironmentJanuary 20, 2011
The low-carbon diet: One family's effort to shrink carbon consumption
November 25, 2010
Epiphany from up high: Can a suburban family live sustainably?
The SciencesOctober 13, 2010
Snaring the Wealth: Can Negotiators Reach a Uniform Position on Patenting the World's Genetic Resources?
A new international regime hopes to help reverse the trend of biodiversity loss as well as spur economic growth and research for both industrial and developing nations
EnvironmentJuly 29, 2010
Safety Concerns Delay Approval of the First U.S. Nuclear Reactor in Decades
Set to go online in 2016, Westinghouse's AP1000 and other third-generation nuclear reactors are on the verge of design approval by the feds--but not quite there
EnvironmentNovember 5, 2009
Can Closing the Ozone Hole Also Help Combat Climate Change?
Finding alternatives to refrigerants such as hydrofluorocarbons will help prevent the ozone hole being healed at climate's expense
EnvironmentJune 1, 2009
Hawaii Says Aloha (Greetings) to Clean, Renewable Energy
The 50th state's call for energy sovereignty could set the pace for the rest of the nation
EnvironmentDecember 8, 2008
Genetically Modified Hawaii
New varieties of genetically engineered crops thrive in the world's most isolated landmass
Public HealthFebruary 7, 2008
Do People Only Use 10 Percent of Their Brains?
What's the matter with only exploiting a portion of our gray matter?
The SciencesJuly 26, 2007
Fact or Fiction?: Birds (and Other Critters) Abandon Their Young at the Slightest Human Touch
Does nature's proclivity to nurture override its flight mechanism?
The SciencesJune 28, 2007
Fact or Fiction?: South of the Equator Toilets Flush and Tornadoes Spin in the Opposite Direction
How small a system can the Coriolis force control?
The SciencesApril 5, 2007
Fact or Fiction?: Waking a Sleepwalker May Kill Them
On the contrary, rousing a sleepwalker could save their life