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CEO Ian Hamilton says Atlas’ system could reduce dependence on diesel generators. (Photo courtesy of Atlas Energy Systems) Inspired by a physics teacher at Homestead High School in Fort Wayne, Ian Hamilton began as a teenager to seriously contemplate ways to create alternative energy sources. By the time he stepped onto the Purdue University campus …

In the 1960s, conservationists began fighting to prevent the Queensland government from allowing mining and oil drilling on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. It was declared a marine park by the Australian government in 1975. Eddie Hegerl has spent his life trying to protect the coral reef from destruction and says every time he dives there …