Amy Brady

Amy Brady is the executive director of Orion magazine and coeditor of The World as We Knew It: Dispatches from a Changing Climate. She has won writing and research awards from the National Science Foundation and the Library of Congress. Her books include Ice.

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The Present

Why flammable ice could be the energy savior we’ve been looking for

There may be more energy in methane hydrates than in all the world’s oil, coal, and gas combined. It could be the perfect “bridge fuel” to a clean energy future.