Author Archives: Amy Allen

Long Fight for a Wind Turbine Comes to a Head

Posted on 01/27/2011 by Amy Allen

Changing how electricity is generated is a crucial piece of solving the climate change puzzle. Current methods of electricity generation produce 40% of C02 emissions in the US, and on campus generation accounts for 68% of the UIUC carbon. In … Continue reading →

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Kicking Coal’s Ash

Posted on 09/05/2010 by Amy Allen

COAL. OUR JOURNEY TO MODERNITY started with it, the oldest of our industrial fuels. It feels like something we’ve left behind a long time ago— most of us have much more personal experience with the other fossil fuels like oil … Continue reading →

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