Jonathan Hiskes

‘Britain’s Appalachia’ engineers a brighter post-coal future

The sparkling, sanitized waterfront of Cardiff, Wales, reveals barely a hint of the country’s grimy industrial past. Where one of the busiest ports anywhere once shipped Welsh coal out into the world, a complex of upscale shops, pubs, and restaurants now dominates the area. Out are the sailors, brothels, and seedy watering holes. In are tourist-friendly pubs, fusion restaurants with names like ffresh, and a circus carousel. The locally favored Brains brewery (“People who know beer have Brains”) has survived nearby.

March 31, 2010

If it does matter where CO2 is released, cities are in trouble

There’s some fascinating new research about “CO2 domes,” invisible clouds of carbon pollution that hover above urban areas.

March 18, 2010

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