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David M. Lodge
Warren Hall - Roof, Windows, and Ivy (Cornell UPhoto)
November 21, 2024

A New US President, Class Division, and Energy Policy

David M. Lodge
• Photo: Leffler, Warren K, photographer. President Jimmy Carter speaking in front of solar panels placed on the West Wing roof of the White House, announcing his solar energy policy / WKL. Washington D.C, June 20, 1979. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021637592/.
October 29, 2024

The Energy Transition Is Inevitable, Regardless of Election Outcome

Ben Furnas
Panorama view of New York city eith statue of liberty tomorrow morning at sunrise. View from Staten Island. (iStock)
September 29, 2024

Ben Furnas Reflects on Climate Week NYC

David M. Lodge
View of the Eiffel Tower with the Olympics rings from the other bank of the Seine river with boats at the docks and in the water, Paris, France. (iStock)
August 15, 2024

Solving Olympic-sized Global Water Challenges

David M. Lodge
Illustration of DNA double helix floating above water
July 2, 2024

Environmental DNA for Better Biological Monitoring and Ecosystem Management

David M. Lodge
Woman Biologist Collecting Environment Samples from a Mountain Lake in Winter
June 6, 2024

Faster, Cheaper, and Better Permitting Using Environmental DNA

David M. Lodge
Electric charging station for electric vehicles in a mall parking lot.
May 24, 2024

Reality Check on the Electrification of Personal Vehicles

David M. Lodge
Pale Blue Dot photo taken by Voyager 1 in 1990
April 19, 2024

Blue Dots, Wickedness, and Earth Day

David M. Lodge
Participants at the 1947 Shelter Island Conference on Quantum Mechanics (left to right): I.I. Rabi; Linus Pauling; J. Van Vleck; W.E. Lamb; Gregory Breit; D. MacInnes; K.K. Darrow; G.E. Uhlenbeck; Julian Schwinger; Edward Teller; Bruno Rossi; Arnold Nordsieck; John von Neumann; John A. Wheeler; Hans A. Bethe; R. Serber; R.E. Marshak; Abraham Pais; J. Robert Oppenheimer; David Bohm; Richard P. Feynman; Victor F. Weisskopf; Herman Feshbach. Not pictured: H.A. Kramers.
March 15, 2024

Oppenheimer: Impartial Scientist or Advocate?

David M. Lodge
Sunlight seen through forest canopy
February 21, 2024

Love, Fear, and Anger

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