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Indoor Sunshine

Cabela’s, one of the world’s largest outfitting companies, is shedding new light on its indoor facilities. In Prairie de Chien, Wis., a 400,000-square-foot retail store and 600,000-square-foot distribution center, have been equipped with full spectrum, energy-efficient light fixtures that spread indoor sunshine while reducing utility bills. Full spectrum light is the equivalent of sunlight atContinue reading “Indoor Sunshine”

Environmental Phantasm

The benefits of ethanol are largely a myth, but its political life is nothing short of miraculous.

Protecting The Past

Bruce Selyem doesn’t just photograph old grain elevators, he also saves them.

Eco-Nomics: What Everyone Should Know About Economics and the Environment

Understanding how economic analysis can help protect the environment.

The Worm Turns

At Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, nearly half a million worms are at work farming food scraps from the mess hall. The worm farm had long been a dream of Bill Meinerding, the manager of the base’s recycling program. So far he could not be happier with his squirmy little farmers. Originally they wereContinue reading “The Worm Turns”

Leasing The Goat

Small family-run farms are facing tough economic times. For many of the families, staying on the farm often means taking another job in town. In 1979, three of these small farmers came up with a better idea. They arranged to have their products delivered directly to urban dwellers. They contracted with other small farmers toContinue reading “Leasing The Goat”

Spinning Trash

The pop cans, plastic cups, cellophane wrappers, and other debris that people toss on streets and sidewalks can end up on the beach or bobbing in the ocean. Oil and grease from cars and trucks can also be flushed into open water by a rainstorm or melting snow. Storm drains are built to catch theContinue reading “Spinning Trash”

Regulators Damage a Park

A professor at Case Western Law School writes about the perverse results of the Cleveland airport’s “mitigation” of the loss of a wetland. To build a new runway, the airport must pay to “create” wetlands by damaging a beautiful and serene park sixteen miles away.