Carbon-Nation

Exit Strategies for the Climate Conundrum

About the editor

Peter Fairley CREDIT Randi SilbermanPeter Fairley has reported on global energy and technology developments for a decade, tracking the story from the coalfields of Inner Mongolia to the unlit villages of Bolivia’s Cordillera Real. As an author and contributor to MIT’s Technology Review magazine, Spectrum, Discover, and other publications, he is a frequent commentator on innovation and the environment. Before taking up independent writing Peter served as Washington Bureau Chief for Chemical Week, chronicling the global chemical industry’s collision with the environment. Peter has been a guest of NPR’s Talk of the Nation and CBC Newsworld and has spoken on energy innovation to university, professional and business organizations. He holds a Masters in science, health & environmental reporting from New York University, a B.S. in molecular biology from McGill, and serves as an elected director of the Society of Environmental Journalists. Find out more via Peter’s online portfolio, read his chapter on renewable energy in Fueling the Future, or explore his book on the science behind electricity: Electricity & Magnetism, a narrative of the field’s greatest discoveries and inventions for Grade 6 readers and up.

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Exit-Strategy Reporting by Peter Fairley

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