Weston Roundtable Archives

Fall 2010

September 16
Walk, Pedal or Drive? Measuring Sustainability of Transportation Infrastructure
KEVIN GARDNER, University of New Hampshire

October 08
Air Capture of Carbon Dioxide: Another Tool to Help Fix the Climate?
KLAUS LACKNER, Columbia University

October 14
Groundwater Depletion: A National Assessment and Global Perspective
LEONARD KONIKOW, USGS

November 18
An Eleven-Year Analysis of Energy Related Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Strategies and Trends
PAT EAGAN, Civil and Environmental Engineering

December 02
What types of airborne particles pose the biggest risk to public health?
MICHELLE BELL, Yale University

December 09
Mercury in the environment: from smokestack to stomach
DANIEL JACOB, Harvard University

Spring 2011

January 27
The Role of Recycled Materials in Sustainable Infrastructure
CRAIG BENSON

February 03
The Business Case for Sustainability
TOM EGGERT, Professor, UW-Madison School of Business

February 17
From Energy use to Emissions - The third component of the Kaya Identity
MARKUS AMANN, Austria Program Leader, Atmospheric Pollution and Economic Development
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February 24
Never Say 'Diagonal of the Covariance Matrix:' 6 Things Scientists Can Learn From Science Journalists
MAGGIE KOERTH-BAKER, Science Editor, BoingBoing.net
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March 10
Economic Energy Intensity: Complexities, Implications, and Controversies
CHRIS GREEN, Professor, Dept. of Economics McGill University, Montreal
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March 31
Ancient Anthropogenic Landscapes and the Emergence of the Anthropocene
ERLE ELLIS, Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Geography & Environmental Systems
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April 13
The Many Psychologies of Global Warming
BILL BLAKEMORE, ABC News Reporter

May 05
Harvesting the Wind: Making Wind Energy Work with Meteorological Insight
JULIE LUNDQUIST, Professor, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences University of Colorado at Boulder
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