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Carol Dumaine, the department of energy??s deputy director for energy and environmental security, stressed the need for the government to “democratize strategic intelligence.” Her goal, she said, was an interdisciplinary approach that would bring awareness of threats stemming from issues such as climate change, water shortages, and natural disasters to those working to improve national security...
Panelists also described an increasing environmental “energy?? on campus...
...waste.” While protesters decried Bank of America for funding the coal industry, the bank has publicly made environmental strides. Since 2006, Bank of America has provided funding for Harvard’s Center for the Environment, which is currently hosting the “Future of Energy?? speaker series. Bank of America is also constructing a 54-story high rise in Bryant Park that is striving to be one of the world’s most environmentally responsible office buildings In addition to financial and environmental concerns by the protesters, other activist groups, such...
...technological improvements or a geological miracle significantly lowers the cost of CCS, both private-sector and public opinion will resist its implementation, even in green-minded Massachusetts. And in the meantime, gasification plants will be spewing CO2 into the atmosphere under the aegis of a “renewable energy?? bill.Should legislators choose to incentivize gasification, the state could impose CCS directly or with draconian emissions taxes. It is questionable, however, whether gasification with CCS could ever be called environmentally friendly. Despite its reduced emissions, a gasification-CCS plant would require 25 percent more coal than a traditional...
...airports in the name of national security. This format was much more conducive to a debate on the issues. All the candidates were able to display their platforms as well as their expertise when discussing solutions for the complex issues—contractors in Iraq, social security, and energy??that the next president will deal with. Oftentimes, it seems that these debates simply cater to popular hype surrounding the candidates for entertainment value. It is understandable that voters get bored by seeing the same candidates say the same things week after week, but dramatizing the debates...