Category: Soundings

The great conservationist John Muir noted that everything in the universe is connected to everything else.  Now, scientists at the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science have shown how true that is for the Chesapeake Bay watershed.  In nine forested watersheds throughout Pennsylvania, Maryland and Virginia, Dr. Keith Eshleman and his research team found

Last year it came later in August; the year before that, we lasted until September.  But in 2013, August 20 marked Earth Overshoot Day – the day that the Earth’s 7.1 billion people consumed more resources than the Earth can regenerate in a given year.  After that day each year, we dip into next year’s

By The Casey Research Energy Team The news that Blackstone Group LP (BX), the world’s largest private equity firm, is set to invest $1 billion in unconventional oil and gas projects in North America through a joint venture with Alta Resources has cemented a spotlight on fracking. A U.S. Senate committee is currently conducting a