Archive | Green
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Column: Atomic energy not the answer
Once upon a time, nuclear energy was just a domineering question mark. Its variables, limits and potentials were only a matter of speculation, without any variables to draw from, and the more curious nations resembled first time bike riders.
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Northeastern U., U. Connecticut ranked among greenest college campuses in world
According to a list published by Universitas Indonesia in December, U. Connecticut is the third-greenest college campus in the world. UI's GreenMetric World University Ranking listed only Nottingham U. (UK) and Northeastern U. in Boston ahead of UConn.
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Column: A green economy
Environmental rhetoric is riddled with fluffy promises about green jobs, green economies, and green governments. These issues may seem simply nebulous and unimportant concepts. Yet the Massachusetts state government is now poised to lead its constituents towards a true green economy.
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Evolving climate patterns to cause more storms, study says
Changing climate patterns could cause more storms and water surges for low-lying cities such as Boston, according to experts and a study published Feb. 14 in Nature Climate Change.
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Wind turbines harmful to health, Massachusetts residents say
Although they provide cleaner energy, wind turbines may be damaging to the health of people who live near them, according to recent testimonies.
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Column: Global warming and future conflict
Though the majority of the scientific community has reached a consensus that climate change is a real phenomenon and life-threatening problem, there are many ideas of what the "worst case" could look like.
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Unusual pollution research studies whale earwax
Whale earwax is not a topic that usually comes up on a walk to get coffee, but it did for Baylor U. researchers Dr. Stephen Trumble, assistant professor of biology, and Dr. Sascha Usenko, assistant professor of environmental science.
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Study: Obama mentioning climate change far less in speeches
Last summer, Brown U. senior Graciela Kincaid was digging around for White House budget statistics on climate finance policy as part of her Undergraduate Teaching and Research Award when she stumbled across something that caught her attention.
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U. Vermont to end sale of bottled water
The sale of bottled water on campus will end in January 2013, making U. Vermont one of the first institutions nationwide to pass this type of sustainable beverage policy, according to University Communications.