Category: The Buzz
This weekend, ScienceBloggers discussed the virtues and downfalls of a world run on modern nuclear power. Benjamin Cohen sparked the dialogue on The World's Fair with an interview with author and environmentalist Rebecca Solnit, famous for her opposition to nuclear...
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Category: The Buzz
The two major policy approaches to cutting carbon emissions, cap-and-trade and carbon taxes, both work by putting a price on pollution. Carbon tax—simply, a tax on fossil fuels—is intended to motivate businesses to conserve energy and switch to cleaner...
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Category: Energy
In January, Barack Obama promised in his inaugural address to "restore science to its rightful place." The pledge was a win for scientists everywhere, and particularly for those working in the US. But now, with the European Parliamentary (EP)...
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Category: ScienceBlogs.de
From ScienceBlogs.de, two short videos of an exploding turbine at a Danish wind-power farm.
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The British government has introduced a sweeping bill that would cut the UK's carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2050. Britain's environmental minister, David Miliband, introduces the bill on YouTube.
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Category: Announcement
What does your state do with its garbage?
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Category: Announcement
Screwing our way to a greener future.
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Category: Announcement
With a gasifier, a bioreactor, and a modified diesel engine to power it, your subwoofer could be the envy of the neighborhood.
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A unique event at the New York Academy of Sciences urges architects to take their necessary place on the front lines of the environmental movement.
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