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The wave energy of the future, Part I

December 21, 2007

Posted by Kate Wing in Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Solving Global Warming

Tags:
energy, FERC, hydrokinetic, wave, whales

The Energy Bill touches all of us, even the fish, as wave and tidal power struggle to move from experiment to reliable source. The bill authorizes funding for R&D, including the creation of national demonstration centers. Whether or not that...

A year of falling chips

November 20, 2007

Posted by Kate Wing in Moving Beyond Oil , Reviving the World's Oceans , Saving Wildlife and Wild Places

Tags:
Cosco Busan, oil spill, prevention

Yesterday, the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation met for the second hearing on the oil spill we've had here in the last week. The state Legislature held its hearing last Thursday, where we heard from the ILWU...

It already is portable

August 27, 2007

Posted by Kate Wing in Curbing Pollution , Green Enterprise , Moving Beyond Oil

Tags:
consumers, marketing, plastic, trash

My office neighbor is the talented Darby Hoover, who you may know from seat 12, Row 48 at last year's Oscars where she went to make them less wasteful. Do not blame her if they were not funny or short...

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Kate Wing was a senior ocean-policy analyst at NRDC between 2000 and 2008. She's now joined...
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