Canoeing the Adirondacks Named One of Top 10 Best Adventures

Canoeing the Adirondack Park in Upstate New York was named one of the top ten best American Adventures by National Geographic.

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Wishing I was back at the Lake

If you’re living out by beautiful natural wonders, don’t forget to appreciate them every day!  It’s only when we leave that we seem to realize how lucky we are. Enjoy your weekend!

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Is the American Power Act a Good Bill?

The debate for the newest Climate Bill introduced by Senators Kerry and Lieberman and dubbed “The American Power Act,” was opened for debate last Wednesday in Washington, DC.  This bill aims to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 17 percent by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050.  The bill is designed to support and invest in [...]

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Adirondack Communities Vie for Experimental Google Fiber Network

The Tri-lakes region of the Adirondacks is hoping to become the test pilot for Google’s new Experimental Google Fiber Network. The goal is to: build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. We’ll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans [...]

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Wilderness-A Place, or a Social Construct?

Across the country advocates fight for the protection of wilderness areas, hoping to prevent destruction or human intervention in these back country areas.  I am a strong supporter of protecting wild places, and am a beneficiary to these regulations in my own backyard.  The ‘Forever Wild’ lands of the Adirondack Park are the greatest draw [...]

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The Future of Nuclear

In his State of the Union Address on January 27, 2010, President Obama called for the “new generation of safe, clean nuclear power plants,“ in the United States.  On February 16, the President demonstrated his intentions to follow through when he announced loan guarantees totaling more than $8 billion for two new light-water reactors in Georgia.  Tainted by [...]

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New Study Released on U.S. Wind Capacity

A study just released by the Department of Energy (DOE) with research conducted by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and AWS Truewind in Albany addresses the United States’ wind capacity.  The report concludes that the United States has the potential to produce more energy using wind power than we could possibly need.  The report [...]

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Interesting Innovation: ‘Bloom Box’ Alternative Energy

“Fuel cell box powered by secretive tech, many questions remain.” To get a view of the cost and benefits, eBay installed 5 of the boxes nine months ago.  It says it has saved $100,000 USD on energy since.

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Is the Stimulus Bill Effectively Promoting a Better Energy Future?

The Department of Energy (DoE) was awarded $36.7 billion in stimulus funding, mostly targeted at energy efficiency and renewable energy.  Only 6% of DoE funds has been allocated so far due to the agencies inability to process requests at current capacity.  Some sectors that have been heavily targeted by the Stimulus Package as designed by [...]

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Broadband for Rural America

A new study has been published by the FCC in efforts to recommend policy for the penetration of broadband into areas currently lacking high-speed internet access.  The study found that “35 percent of Americans do not use broadband at home, including 22 percent of adults who do not use the Internet at all.” The absence [...]

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