Courtney Flatt

Courtney Flatt appears in the following:

The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China

Wednesday, August 03, 2022

Taxpayers spent $15 million on research to build a breakthrough battery. Then the U.S. government gave it to China.

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To Protect Imperiled Salmon, Fish Advocates Want To Shoot Some Gulls

Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Biologists think gulls are eating more juvenile salmon than they thought, and fish advocates are proposing to kill problem gulls. But opponents say dam modification is what's needed to protect salmon.

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Zapping Noxious Weeds On Organic Farms Is Harder Than You Think

Monday, July 10, 2017

There are few inexpensive and low-labor options to control the aggressive field invaders, which sometimes encroach on neighboring farms and potentially cut into their profits.

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Volunteer Rangers Work To Rein In Antler Poachers

Saturday, June 20, 2015

The trick to looking for antlers in the wild — if you're going about it ethically — is to keep your eyes to the ground.

"You're trying to just find something that looks out of the ordinary," Rob Tanner says.

Tanner and his brother-in-law Troy Capps are hiking around juniper ...

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A Greener Way To Cool Your Foods On The Way To The Grocery Store

Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Your produce and frozen foods could soon arrive at grocery stores in trucks that release fewer emissions. Researchers are developing a clean technology to keep your food cool while it travels.

Engineers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory are working to replace refrigerated trucks' diesel-burning cooling system with fuel cells. ...

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