Jeremy Elton Jacquot
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In Green Inc., Christine MacDonald Explores Seamy Underside of Green Non-Profit World
Like all industries, the non-profit sector has its fair share of pockmarks and blemishes. Yet while it seems easy to take unflattering insider accounts from certain industries -- say, the energy and chemicals industries -- at face value, it is much more
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Eel-Like Electric Cells Could Power Medical and Nanotech Devices
We may not be talking megawatts (let alone watts) of potential energy here, but a new artificial cell created by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Yale University could be used to power the next generation of
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Fundamentally "Flawed" CDC Report Failed to Mention Formaldehyde Can Cause Cancer
A (dismal) chapter of American history most of us would gladly like to put behind us -- Hurricane Katrina and the government's pathetic response -- seems to be rearing its ugly head again. The latest revelation, according to
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Existing Ozone Controls Aren't Protecting Human Health or the Environment, Report Says
Image from NASA updated: As many noted, I (idiotically) cited the Montreal Protocol's success here, which has nothing to do with reducing tropospheric ozone -- rather, it has to do with fixing the ozone layer. Thank you commenters, and my apologies for
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The "Green Governor"? Schwarzenegger Vetoes Top Air Quality, Fish Protection Legislation
Now, to be fair to Arnie, he has proven himself quite capable of living up to the lofty billing of "Green Governor" in the past -- if not always by deed, then certainly by sheer force of will. Yet it often seems as though every time I start to warm up
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German Scientist Outlines Massive Iron Fertilization Plan to Save the Antarctic
To save Antarctica from following the fate of the (doomed) Arctic ice cap, we must place our faith in phytoplankton, says Victor Shahed Smetacek. Though it may already be too late to save the Arctic -- as we've written before, most
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A Picture is Worth... The 2008 Visualization Challenge Winners
In its latest issue, Science, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, has revealed the winners and honorable mentions of its always eye-popping International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge. My favorite,
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Arctic Just Witnessed Fastest August Ice Retreat in History
While we may have narrowly avoided setting a new record high in Arctic ice loss this year, it look as though we may have still hit a dubious milestone: achieving the fastest rate of melting during a four-week period in August than at
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Bush Administration Says No to $70 Million Salmon Disaster Relief but Yes to $700 Billion Bailout
It's all a matter of perspective. While it may seem like a small -- laughably small even -- amount of money when compared to the massive $700 billion Treasury Secretary Paulson desperately wants to unload on Wall Street, $70 million is
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Debris, Debris, Everywhere You See
"Out of sight, out of mind": You'll have to forgive me for trotting out such a tired, old cliché, but I can think of few dictums that better capture the catastrophic mindset that helped foster many, if not most, of this past century's
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UNEP Web Tool Tracks Global Clean Up the World Activities
Wouldn't it be neat if you could see what people around the world were doing to commemorate the annual Clean Up the World Weekend while you were out picking up trash on the beach or taking part in one of myriad other
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Metro Bringing Tweaked Congestion Pricing Plan to Los Angeles
Following several months of intense wheeling and dealing, Los Angeles County's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) has finally settled on a tentative congestion pricing plan that
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An Icy Reprieve for Our Climate Woes? Not Quite
Finally some "upbeat" news on climate change: According to a new study published in the latest issue of Science, permafrost may be more resistant to warmer temperatures than previously thought -- which means we may not yet
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EPA Takes a Lax Approach to E-Waste Monitoring, GAO Report Finds
Chalk up another success to the fine folks over at the EPA. As The Washington Post's Juliet Eilperin reports, the federal agency has barely raised a finger to regulate the growing flow of e-waste, short for "electronic waste," much
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Get Rid of Coal and Use Trees Instead, Urges Hansen
It's not a sure-fire bet, but NASA climate scientist James Hansen and several colleagues have published an article in the latest issue of Global Biogeochemical Cycles making the case that curbing coal emissions alone could forestall a
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Permafrost Holds Twice as Much GHGs as Previously Thought: Over 1500 Billion Tons of CO2 and Methane
Following on the heels of a recently published study in the journal Nature Geoscience, which estimated that Arctic permafrost could hold 60% more organic carbon than previously thought, a team of scientists from Australia's
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New Gravity-Mapping, Climate Predicting Satellite Set to Launch from Russia
Despite the major improvements made in satellite technology and modeling over the past few years, predicting future climate change remains a tricky matter. Taking into account the often conflicting reams of data provided by researchers and monitoring
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Congress Readying to Slash Farm Bill Funds Aimed at Protecting Water Quality and Wildlife
I may not agree with him on much, but I do believe President Bush had it right when he chastised Congress for larding up the farm bill with unnecessary subsidy payments aimed squarely at a small, select group of wealthy
