“Oil and gas companies have proposed more than 150,000 acres of federal land for potential development in the canyons of eastern Utah, some as close… Read More »“Energy Developers Seek Leases Near Iconic Utah Park”
“The Trump administration is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the government to keep certain endangered species records out of the public eye. Government… Read More »“Endangered Species Records Ruling Would Undermine FOIA, Feds Say”
Self-watering with a built-in LED light, this is the easiest plant you’ll ever care for. Have you ever had trouble growing plants? Forgotten about them,… Read More »Pico is a tiny garden that fits in the palm of your hand
“More than 15,000 dams in the US would likely kill people if they failed, and at least 2,300 of them are in poor or unsatisfactory… Read More »1000s of Run-Down US Dams Would Kill People If They Failed, Study Finds
There is much in Reyner Banham’s 1969 classic that resonates today. There are two subjects that I have written a lot about over the last… Read More »The Architecture of the Well-tempered Environment: a late review
Virtually all the meteorites ever found have been found in Antarctica. Every year small teams venture out on the ice to try and recover these… Read More »How to find a meteorite in Antarctica
From bibimbap and brownies to pancakes and pizza, few kitchen tools are as versatile and sustainable as cast iron cookware. Cast iron cookware has made… Read More »14 foods to cook in a cast iron skillet
This announcement is long overdue, but apples only to the North American market. Johnson & Johnson announced this week that it will be discontinuing sales… Read More »Johnson & Johnson will stop selling talc-based baby powder
One scientist says, “The world should face the reality.” As an architect teaching sustainable design at Ryerson School of Interior Design in Toronto, I have… Read More »New research raises more concerns about airborne transmission of COVID-19
“The coronavirus scuttled plans and forced officials to ask people to get out of the woods. Of the thousands who hoped to hike the trail… Read More »“How the Pandemic Splintered the Appalachian Trail”