Despite studies which have shown that Wyoming has wind resources consistent with utility-scale production, the state’s Governor recently announced a decision to block future wind-turbine development in about 20 percent of the state in a move to protect the greater sage grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), a species that might soon be included on the Endangered...
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This was not a very successful gardening summer for me. I knew we would be moving in August, and so I planted my veggies and herbs in containers for easy transportation. Unfortunately, the containers turned out to be a breeding ground for earwigs and other creepy, crawlies that munched a path right through my...
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Note: this book review is a guest post written by a friend of the EcoSpheric Blog and fellow sustainability blogger, Carrie J. Boyko. While written in first person as a snapshot—a year in the life of a Locovore—Barbara Kingsolver’s Animal Vegetable Miracle reads like a novel. Anyone whose daily concerns revolve around the state...
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