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Chemistry World
July 2, 2009
Matt Wilkinson |
Urine turned into hydrogen fuel US researchers have developed an efficient way of producing hydrogen from urine - a feat that could not only fuel the cars of the future, but could also help clean up municipal wastewater.   |
Chemistry World
July 2, 2009
Matt Wilkinson |
Catalysing the fuels of the future US biofuel producer Virent Energy Systems has been awarded the US Environmental Protection Agency's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Small Business Award for its development of a cost-effective and energy-efficient method of turning plant sugars into hydrocarbon fuels. |
Chemistry World
July 1, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
Chemical security efforts spread The EU and the US are simultaneously taking action in a bid to secure chemical facilities and prevent their misuse by terrorists. |
ifeminists
July 1, 2009
Carey Roberts |
$4 Billion Abuse Industry Rooted in Deceptions and Lies The domestic violence industry continues to engage in information control tactics, spewing a dizzying series of half-truths, white lies, and outright prevarications. |
PC Magazine
July 1, 2009
Chloe Albanesius |
Obama's Cyberspace Crackdown The president lays out new online security measures. |
Popular Mechanics
July 1, 2009
Andrew Moseman |
5 Climate Studies That Don't Live Up to Their Hype A leading climate scientist argues that overbroad claims by some researchers -- coupled with overblown reporting in the media -- can undermine the public's understanding of climate issues. |
Investment Advisor
July 2009
Robert F. Keane |
How To Make Cap and Trade Work A successful market-based cap and trade program for carbon emissions requires a few minimum elements. |
Reason
July 2009 |
Transparency Failure National security or secure lobbying? |
Reason
July 2009
Radley Balko |
Bogus Bodega Busts Corrupt Philadelphia cops |
Reason
July 2009
Jacob Sullum |
DEA Tax Collectors Medical marijuana raids |
Reason
July 2009 |
Militia Member Memo Appalled citizens saw the report on militias distributed to state troopers as political profiling of a particularly nasty variety, one that could make cops preemptively angry and nervous when dealing with certain people. |
Reason
July 2009
Brian Doherty |
Frisco Freak-Out A small cabal of San Francisco artists and organizers met in April to discuss how anarchic public gatherings can be carried out responsibly. |
Reason
July 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Follow-Up: Bush-Era Porn Prosecution Ends in Guilty Plea When Robert Zicari and Janet Romano were accused of distributing obscene material in 2003, it was the first time in more than a decade that the federal government had prosecuted anyone for producing pornography involving adults. |
Reason
July 2009 |
Neighborhood Watch What do you do when a city is too cash-strapped to pay for adequate policing? If you're Chicago, you consider giving private security guards the authority to issue tickets for littering, graffiti, parking violations, and other minor infractions. |
Reason
July 2009
Nick Gillespie |
Drug Decriminalization in Portugal Glenn Greenwald is a civil rights attorney and the author of a new Cato Institute policy study called "Drug Decriminalization in Portugal: Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Policies." |
Reason
July 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Drug Control Begets Gun Control The violence in Mexico is caused by prohibition, not firearms. |
Reason
July 2009
Veronique de Rugy |
Paying the Pirate's Price Do the economics of piracy demand the privatization of the sea? |
Reason
July 2009
Nancy Rommelmann |
Anatomy of a Child Pornographer What happens when adults catch teenagers "sexting" photos of each other? The death of common sense. |
Reason
July 2009
Jesse Walker |
The Blurry Boundaries of Child Porn Not every illicit image is equally offensive. |
Reason
July 2009
Brian Doherty |
20,000 Nations Above the Sea Is floating the last, best hope for liberty? |
Reason
July 2009
Nick Gillespie |
The Prehistory of Porn Prosecution How "licentious Gotham" gave rise to today's obscenity laws is explained in a new book by Donna Dennis. |
Reason
July 2009
Shawn Macomber |
Stripping Away Free Expression A Pennsylvania town tries -- and fails -- to ban a form of exercise. |
Chemistry World
June 30, 2009
Sarah Houlton |
Climate change roadmaps announced UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown has set out a 'Roadmap to Copenhagen' in advance of the climate change conference being held in the Danish capital in December. |
National Defense
July 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Cybersecurity: National Priority or 'Flavor of the Week'? A White House-led plan to strengthen the nation's computer networks is so overarching and ambitious that agencies worry that they don't have enough knowledge or talent to take on the challenge. |
Chemistry World
June 29, 2009
Anna Lewcock |
Going green with white biotech Industrial biotech has also been growing steadily in the chemicals sector, and in 2007 six per cent of all chemical sales were generated with the help of enzymes - so-called 'white' biotech. |
Popular Mechanics
June 29, 2009
Harry Sawyers |
Can American Farms Make Bamboo the Next Big Cash Crop? Could the Mississippi Delta become America's bamboo belt, the breadbasket of a new class of homegrown structural building components? |
CIO
June 25, 2009
Rick Swanborg |
Beyond Virtualization: How Raytheon's IT Department Helps Meet Green Goals Raytheon's Green IT initiative started with data center virtualization. But today's Green IT initiatives encompass system development and business efficiency. |
Health
June 18, 2009
Karen Cicero |
America's Healthiest Beach and Lake Getaways We teamed up with a panel of travel and health experts to help us find the healthiest of the nation's most popular beach and lake towns. |
Popular Mechanics
July 2009
Roy Berendsohn |
Will Collecting Rainwater Save You Money? DIY Home Does it pay? Yes, in terms of environmental stewardship. No, on purely economic grounds. |
ifeminists
June 25, 2009
Wendy McElroy |
The Conservative Cookie Rebellion Through Affirmative Action Bake Sales, conservative groups on campuses across America are satirically and peacefully spotlighting the injustice of AA programs that penalize or benefit students based solely on gender and race. The cookie rebels are being slammed by such a backlash that the |
Registered Rep.
June 24, 2009
Christina Mucciolo |
Can't Beat The Market? Beat Your Advisor Lose a client's money, what's the worst that could happen? |
National Defense
July 2009
Stew Magnuson |
New White House Cyberczar Position May Spark Turf Wars When it comes to the Obama administration's initiative to get a handle on cybersecurity, be prepared for some turf wars, a panel of experts warned June 23 at the National Press Club. |
Wired
June 22, 2009
Adam Rogers |
Fail: Behind China's Pop-Up City Flop Dongtan, a low-carbon, utopian "eco-city" the Chinese planned to build from scratch on empty wetlands near Shanghai, had us totally psyched two years ago |
InternetNews
June 19, 2009
Sean Michael Kerner |
Hacking Parking Meters is Black Hat Business Anything that is connected to a network is a target for IT security research. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Tom Foster |
Patagonia's Founder on Why There's "No Such Thing as Sustainability" An exclusive interview with Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard, who may be pessimistic about the earth's future, but is determined to keep fighting. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Anne C. Lee |
A Tour of America's First Zero-Impact, Supergreen "Living Building" The Omega Center for Sustainable Living is designed to make a LEED Gold structure look like a Superfund site. |
Fast Company
July 2009
Adam Werbach |
How Xerox Tapped the Power of Reuse How Xerox tapped the power of reuse. |
Chemistry World
June 17, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
US resumes contentious FutureGen clean coal initiative The US flagship clean coal project is being resurrected under the Obama administration, after being abandoned by the previous White House early last year. |
Scientific American
July 2009
Wasser et al. |
Forensic Tools Battle Ivory Poachers The illegal slaughter of African elephants for ivory is now worse than it was at its peak in the 1980s. New forensic tools based on DNA analysis can help stop the cartels behind this bloody trade |
ifeminists
June 16, 2009
Wendy McElroy |
A travesty of sex offender status Apparently, the annual World Naked Bike Ride in Boulder is an event intended primarily to protest oil dependency and to spotlight the vulnerability of cyclists on the road. |
Skeptical Inquirer
Kendrick Frazier |
Science, Reason, and the Obama Administration A president's intellectual outlook is only one of many things that shape changes in culture and society, but the early signs are encouraging. |
Scientific American
July 2009
Huber & Dale |
Grassoline: Biofuels Beyond Corn Scientists are turning agricultural leftovers, wood and fast-growing grasses into a huge variety of biofuels -- even jet fuel. |
Popular Mechanics
June 12, 2009
Jerry Beilinson |
Climate Change Solutions: Live From World Science Festival 2009 The roundtable session, called "Carbon Conundrum," took place in front of an audience of about 150 on day two of the World Science Festival. |
Bank Systems & Technology
June 11, 2009
Maria Bruno-Britz |
Kiva Looks to Bring Microlending to U.S. Entrepreneurs Kiva is gaining traction in the U.S. as an alternative loan source for small business owners in need of funding. |
Chemistry World
June 11, 2009
Matt Wilkinson |
Dow Corning emphasises innovation US silicone-materials maker Dow Corning is transforming its business strategy to focus on innovations in sustainability, efficiency and alternative energy. |
Popular Mechanics
June 9, 2009
Mike Allen |
How 35.5 MPG Will Change Our Vehicles and the Way We Drive: Analysis The EPA's role in fuel economy |
Food Processing
June 2009 |
Packaging from Major Snack Brands Gets a New Purpose Pepsico's Frito-Lay and TerraCycle partner to start chip bag brigades to upcycle used packaging. |
Outside
June 2009
Michael Roberts |
Whale Warriors An enterprising television series on Paul Watson's ragtag navy has made saving the whales cool again. But can eco-pirates actually save them? |
Chemistry World
June 4, 2009
Rebecca Trager |
US regulator rethink on BPA The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is revisiting its stance that bisphenol A is safe at current exposure levels. |
Financial Advisor
June 2009
Eric L. Reiner |
It's Getting Better Bigger tax breaks make greening a home or office more feasible. |
National Defense
July 2009
Manoyan & Frodl |
How Trade, Deficits, Strategic Petroleum Reserves Affect U.S. National Security There is much confusion and debate over just how much crude oil there is in the United States, both onshore and offshore, as well as over how best to manage it. |
National Defense
July 2009
Jeff Smith |
Defense Department's Energy Strategy Debated The Defense Department is making progress reducing energy demand, but it has a long way to go to meet the federal government's aggressive targets, military and government officials said. |
National Defense
July 2009
Jeff Smith |
In the U.S. Military, Energy-Saving Projects Proliferate The U.S. military has been working on large and small green projects in recent years. |
CFO
June 1, 2009
Vincent Ryan |
Green Counters Sophisticated tools for carbon-emissions accounting are coming to market. But are U.S. companies ready for them? |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Green Money President Barack Obama asks Congress to "send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America." His words will send energy lobbying, already highly active, into overdrive. |
Reason
June 2009
Lynn Scarlett |
Scarlett Green The author, now consulting for the Environmental Defense Fund, spoke with reason about her three biggest frustrations working for eight years making environmental policy under the Bush administration. |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Reforestation Rain forests are returning, but it's economic growth, not environmental activism, that's responsible. |
Reason
June 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Price of Prohibition The Latin American Commission on Drugs and Democracy, convened by Fernando Henrique Cardoso of Brazil, Cesar Gaviria of Colombia, and Ernesto Zedillo of Mexico, issued a statement declaring the current approach to drug policy a failure and calling for a paradigm shift. |
Reason
June 2009
Mike Riggs |
Warriors on Drugs The anti-drug ad campaign Above the Influence has set its sights on a new demographic: video game players. |
Reason
June 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Birth of a Cocaine Factoid A prohibition-friendly estimate of drug-related deaths turns out to be bogus. |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
It's Alive! Alternative energy subsidies make their biggest comeback since Jimmy Carter. |
Reason
June 2009
Lynne Kiesling |
Electric Intelligence Establishing a smart grid requires regulatory reform, not subsidies. |
Reason
June 2009
Ronald Bailey |
Energy Futures A quick guide to alternative energy sources we may see in the not-too-distant future. |
IndustryWeek
May 29, 2009
Jill Jusko |
Information Please Government agencies, concerned about potential health and environmental risks, are stepping up efforts to gather data on nanomaterials. |
IndustryWeek
May 29, 2009
Jill Jusko |
Battles Rage on Many Fronts to Curtail Counterfeiting and Piracy Annual review by USTR shows both progress and backsliding. Concern over Canada grows. |
Information Age
May 19, 2009 |
Underground movements Cyber-crime rings are now responsible for the vast majority of serious security attacks. And that is demanding increasingly sophisticated forensic investigation |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2009
David A. Mindell |
The End Of The Cult Of The Astronaut How do you justify human spaceflight? |
Popular Mechanics
May 28, 2009
Frank Weber |
Can GM Make Electric Vehicles Relevant? Analysis Electric vehicles aren't simply for niche markets; they are the future of a sustainable global automotive industry. |
Popular Mechanics
April 2009
Elizabeth Svoboda |
WaterMill Gathers Drinking Water from Moisture in the Air Each WaterMill can produce up to 12 liters of potable water per day. |
Bank Technology News
June 2009
Michael Sisk |
Tapping the Desert Sun With about 325 sunny days per year and an average high temperature of 85 degrees, it's hard to beat rapidly growing, resource-strapped Phoenix, AZ, as an ideal site for solar power. |
Entrepreneur
June 2009
Joel Holland |
All for Profit and Profiting for All College students are starting for-profit companies that promote social causes. |
Entrepreneur
June 2009
Kim Orr |
Banking on Bankless Neighborhoods These banking entrepreneurs used greed to achieve their mission of changing the face of low-income neighborhoods. |
U.S. Banker
June 2009
Rebecca Sausner |
On the Hunt to Catch the Thief Within As employees and criminals alike react to the financial pressure of the recession. bank fraud is going up dramatically. |
U.S. Banker
June 2009
Anthony Malakian |
A Stimulating Development Bankers say that with many of their customers eager to take advantage of tax breaks and other incentives, the flood of money flowing toward green initiatives could create a range of new lending opportunities |
U.S. Banker
June 2009
Davies & Marquez-Garrett |
Financial Misconduct Is Not Just a Civil Matter The FBI is shifting more than $75 million in resources from counterterrorism work to help sort through what has been characterized as "the wreckage of the financial meltdown," and financial industry professionals are bracing themselves for the newest wave of recourse: criminal prosecution. |
Bank Technology News
May 2009
Rebecca Sausner |
Phone Fraud Advances Biometrics Fighting external fraud has become like whack-a-mole; with the online channel increasingly secure, organized crime has taken to exploiting the weaknesses in the call center |
Chemistry World
May 26, 2009
Hayley Birch |
A concrete solution to climate change? A better understanding of how carbon dioxide is absorbed by concrete could help scientists accelerate absorption processes and offset a greater proportion of the emissions from cement production |
National Defense
June 2009
Sandra I. Erwin |
Wouldn't Sailors Be Happier if They Didn't Have to Change Light Bulbs? Navy energy experts estimate that the service could save millions of dollars in fuel costs -- and improve sailors' quality of life at sea |
Wired
May 22, 2009
Vince Beiser |
Prisoners Run Gangs, Plan Escapes, and Even Order Hits With Smuggled Cellphones Prisoners are using cell phones to make calls, send text messages, and email to taunt their victims, intimidate witnesses, run gangs, and organize escapes. |
Wired
May 22, 2009
Nate Berg |
Deja Poo: The Living Machine Sewage System Picture the lobby atrium of a new, green building, one filled with leafy plants and trees. Now imagine that those trees are growing in waste collected from the building's toilets. |
IEEE Spectrum
May 2009
John Boyd |
Japan Pushes Forward on Plutonium Imports Mixed-oxide fuel arrives amid protest |
Chemistry World
May 20, 2009
Helen Carmichael |
Chemical pollution gets personal Two Canadian environmentalists have detailed the rise and fall of chemicals in their own bodily fluids after using everyday products. And they were shocked by the results. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2009
Steve Olson |
Outside the Box In his new book, The Art and Politics of Science, Harold Varmus describes his unusual route to science, his Nobel Prize-winning research, and his global goals for science policy. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2009
Nancy Volkers |
Waste Not, Want Not Vann Bennett, who studies membrane proteins called ankyrins, takes issue with the country's current model of food production and does everything he can to raise his own food. |
Humanities
May/Jun 2009
Yuval Levin |
Great Expectations: Studying with Leon Kass In his ongoing study of biology and bioethics, in his teaching of great works of literature and philosophy, and in his inquiry into the depths of the Bible, Kass seeks the nature of man through his ways of being and acting. |
Humanities
May/Jun 2009
Vincent J. Cannato |
Immigration and the Brahmins Boston had long stood at the apex of Anglo-American culture. Yet by the end of the nineteenth century, that culture's foundations seemed on shaky ground. |
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