Dan Weissmann

Reporter, Sustainability

Latest Stories (232)

A mall in the middle of (what used to be) nowhere

Jun 16, 2014
Williston, North Dakota, is in the middle of an oil boom, but it doesn't have many stores or restaurants for a growing population.

Golf group hopes fewer holes means a better game

Jun 12, 2014
The U.S. Golf Association tells golfers to play shorter games.

Why florists, farmers and beer brewers want drones

Jun 10, 2014
BP was granted the first approved use of drones over land. Now, who's next?

At $18 billion, Uber isn't just competing with taxis

Jun 9, 2014
Rather, investors are betting they'll change transportation as we know it.

The 'war on coal' is no fight to the death

Jun 3, 2014
Even with EPA goals, 30 percent of U.S. electricity will come from burning coal.

We're already halfway toward the EPA's new CO2 limits

Jun 2, 2014
That's the good news. Less good: The next half is the hard part.

One estimate of the cost of new EPA rules: $51 billion

May 30, 2014
And compared to the U.S. economy, that's kinda small.

EPA's carbon rules may give some states a head start

May 30, 2014
But nobody knows which states. It depends on how the rules get written.

The EPA starts targeting carbon dioxide in earnest

May 27, 2014
The Obama Administration readies its regulation of carbon-dioxide emissions.

Hewlett-Packard's innovation trend flattened long ago

May 23, 2014
HP's innovation helped build Silicon Valley, but it's not had a giant hit since its printers 30 years ago.