Lyndsey Gilpin
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Kentucky, United States
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Past articles by Lyndsey:
10 places to recycle your cell phone
Here are 10 places to take your phones so they can be refurbished, reused, or recycled and diverted from the landfill. → Read More
Breaking: The Park Service buried its own study on harassment — High Country News – Know the West
The agency promised transparency and action. Instead, it kept the audit confidential. → Read More
The Park Service buried its own study on harassment (Stifled voices on public land) — High Country News – Know the West
The agency promised transparency and action. Instead, it kept the audit confidential. → Read More
How Intel is using IoT and big data to improve food and water security
Intel is looking to be a leader in the food and agriculture industry with projects to address water and food security, safety, and sustainability. Here's how. → Read More
How 'Hour of Code' sparked a movement that could teach 100 million people to code
It's Computer Science Education week, and Code.org wants to get 100 million people to do Hour of Code by the end of the year to raise more awareness about coding education in schools. → Read More
Florida, Texas among energy efficiency job leaders
EFFICIENCY: Energy efficiency is the fastest-growing sector of the energy industry, with Texas and Florida in the top five states for jobs, according to a clean energy think tank. (Houston Chronicle) ALSO: Tampa Bay is second to Miami in the number of energy efficiency jobs in Florida. (Tampa Bay Business Journal, subscription) ***SPONSORED LINK: Register […] → Read More
Georgia nuclear project will get more federal money
NUCLEAR: The Trump administration will finalize $3.7 billion in loans to Southern Company for the construction of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. (Bloomberg) ALSO: South Carolina lawmakers have been unable to stop the Trump administration from ending MOX, an over-budget federal project intended to convert plutonium into nuclear reactor fuel. (McClatchy DC) ***SPONSORED […] → Read More
How the Mississippi River Is Uniting Cities Along Its Banks
For communities from Minnesota to Louisiana, the Mississippi is the source of increasing problem flooding, but it’s also the key to a clean water supply and a healthy economy. → Read More
Pig Poop's Starring Role in the Biofuel Movement
Farmers are turning a stinky problem into a solution. What's next: making it more affordable and even cleaner. → Read More
'Nobody knows it's here': the quest to memorialize America's black history
The Trump administration is quietly seeking to create more African American monuments. For some, it’s been a long wait → Read More
When Did Earth Day Become Just a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Holiday?
The last year has been especially tough on the day celebrating—and protecting—the environment. → Read More
It’s too soon for #MeToo apathy —
The hard work on reforming federal agencies rife with harassment is just beginning. → Read More
America’s Coastlines Are Turning Into ‘Dead Zones’
Low-oxygen areas in waterways, called ‘dead zones,’ can’t support life and can lead to health issues. But government regulations have been lax thus far. → Read More
Trump’s Offshore Drilling Plan Will Spark an Environmental Crisis
‘This is a pristine place. Human health and environmental health are codependent. Why would you want to risk that?’ → Read More
The Volunteers Helping Women Get Abortions Against All Odds
In a state that may soon become the first without an abortion clinic, the Kentucky Health Justice Network is connecting women with safe reproductive healthcare, no matter what. → Read More
Interior Department mired in investigations (Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke faces investigations) —
Democrats vow to press the investigations while Zinke shrugs them off. → Read More
National Park Service reveals harassment survey results —
The agency promises direct action to halt widespread harassment. → Read More
Nashville's Water Wars
The growing metro area is full of rivers and creeks that keep spilling over. In order to design a solution, officials will have to bridge the urban-rural divide. → Read More
Tribes commit to uphold Paris climate agreement (Tribes commit to uphold Paris climate agreement) —
Western nations take action on climate change — and push for self-governance. → Read More
Slow progress on Park Service harassment (National Park Service staffers confront harassment) —
The agency begins to deliver on promises to confront sexual harassment. → Read More