ENERGY INNOVATION
With the latest dismal jobs report still fresh in the nation’s mind, it becomes increasingly clear that our current job creation efforts just aren’t cutting it. It is time to take action on facilitating new, emerging sectors that have been [...]
ENERGY INNOVATION
Stephen Lacey shows us the top five clean energy technologies you’ve never heard of that are integrating clean energy into the grid and exploding the myth that renewables can’t be brought to scale.
ENERGY INNOVATION
A new CAP report outlines how to build low-carbon innovation networks that are greater than the sum of their parts.
NANOTECH INNOVATION
For years, entrepreneurs have faced major obstacles to building advanced energy technology industries in the United States. Is nanotechnology the silver bullet they’ve been looking for?
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Last month I reported on a new paper by NASA’s James Hansen and Makiko Sato (see Hansen: “One sure bet is that this decade will be the warmest” on record). Kate at ClimateSight sighted a new color in the chart, [...]
OCEANS AND ECOLOGY
Another major oil spill has despoiled a pristine ecosystem in the South Atlantic, reminding us that no place no matter how remote is safe from the negative impacts of our fossil-fuel driven economy.
CLIMATE CHANGE
In the wake of the Fukushima nuclear meltdown, it’s high time we reviewed the resilience of American nuclear reactors to natural disasters, and how climate change could increase our risk.
CLIMATE SCIENCE
Two recent scientific studies linked climate change to increased extreme weather. What might this mean for future U.S. infrastructure?
FUTURE OF ENERGY
Lisbeth Kaufman reviews the new film ‘Transcendent Man,’ and asks Ray Kurzweil what his law of exponential increases mean for clean energy innovation.
What we need to learn from the unfolding japanese nuclear disaster Following the devastation of last week’s 9.0 scale earthquake and tsunami, Japanese citizens face new realities and threats stemming from damage to nuclear power plant facilities. The quake damaged [...]
ENERGY AND GEOLOGY
Following the devastation of last week’s 9.0 scale earthquake and tsunami, Japanese citizens face new realities and threats stemming from damage to nuclear power plant facilities. The quake damaged five nuclear reactors, three of which are facing potential meltdowns due [...]
CLIMATE SCIENCE
The forthcoming book deals a devastating blow to the denier movement, exposing it’s pseudoscience for what it really is: polluter-funded misinformation.
Energy Innovation
Recent investments in offshore wind projects off the East Coast put wind in the sails of a nascent regional innovation ecosystem.
Oceans
The massive environmental damage requires a systematic approach to the analysis of public policy priorities and the costs BP must bear over the long term.
INNOVATION
The federal government should partner with venture capitalists to help our nation’s innovative small businesses build the equity capital they need to grow and prosper in the United States.
The proposed American Clean Energy and Security Act mandates a 17-percent reduction below 2005 emissions levels by 2020. That’s 1.2 billion 2.2 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide and the equivalent of taking half a billion cars off the road, [...]
SCIENCE, CULTURED
Three key “knobs” that our leaders can use to fine tune their climate policies—the role of EPA, the payment of dividends, and the auctioning of permits—will make it easier to achieve legislative or policy victory. And if they get the bass, volume, and tone just right, they can still win.
Our CAP colleague Tom Kenworthy has a column up today on the SmartGridCity project Xcel Energy has set up in Boulder, Colorado. The system integrates broadband communications with power lines to allow customers to monitor power consumption, make efficient choices, [...]
According to new numbers released Monday by the Global Wind Energy Council, the United States has outpaced Germany to become the world leader in wind generation capacity. The map below shows the numbers for selected high-producing countries for capacity in [...]
WEISS’S NOTEBOOK
A thumbnail of advances in science that will have long-lasting impacts on science policy—or advances in science policy that we predict will have long-lasting impacts on science.
Science Progress and American Progress's Doing What Works project teamed up to produce a set of policy proposals that the Obama administration and Congress can adopt to reinvest in the building blocks of American science, innovation, and economic competitiveness. Read the overview of the five reports.
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