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May 15 | News
A new study from Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists suggests that the guidelines governments use to determine when to evacuate people following a nuclear accident may be too conservative. The study found that when mice were exposed to radiation doses about 400 times greater than background levels for five weeks, no DNA damage could be detected.
Apr 25 | News
The
government wants you to install solar panels at your house, and will
even give you a tax break to do it. But your neighbors? Maybe not.
Homeowners associations around the country have banned or severely
restricted the installation of solar panels, and the solar industry has
pushed back to halt the practice.
Feb 13 | News
Many people are willing to pay a premium for ethanol, but not enough to justify the government mandate for the corn-based fuel, a Michigan State University economist argues. Soren Andersen studied the demand for ethanol, or E85, in the United States. He found that when ethanol prices rose 10 cents per gallon, demand for ethanol fell only 12% to 16% on average.
12/15/2011 | Featured Articles
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12/6/2011 | News
Since most of the world's governments have not yet enacted regulations to curb emissions of greenhouse gases, some experts have advocated the development of technologies to remove carbon dioxide directly from the air. But a new Massachusetts Institute of Technology study shows that, at least for the foreseeable future, such proposals are not realistic because their costs would vastly exceed those of blocking emissions right at the source, such as at the powerplants that burn fossil fuels.
7/5/2011 | News
Scientists
have come up with a possible explanation for why the rise in Earth's
temperature paused for a bit during the 2000s, one of the hottest
decades on record. According to a new study, the culprit was all of the
airborne sulfur pollution from China's massive coal-burning. Despite the
massive output of sulfur, the effect was temporary.
6/20/2011 | News
According
to an extensive investigation by the Associated Press, federal
regulators have been working closely with the nuclear power industry to
keep the nation's aging reactors operating within safety standards by
repeatedly weakening those standards. The report claims that nuclear
regulatory officials have often decided original regulations are too
strict and has argued that safety margins could be eased without peril.
6/6/2011 | News
Recent
reports of record high greenhouse gas emissions and unprecedented
carbon levels in the atmosphere have added a sense of urgency to the
efforts of United Nations climate negotiators, who are trying to make
industrial countries continue reducing greenhouse gas emissions after
their current commitment expires next year.
5/18/2011 | News
In
rating the severity of the Fukushima accident as a Level 7 major
accident, the highest possible level, the International Nuclear and
Radiological Event Scale has prompted another kind of fallout. Richard
Wakefield, a radiological protection specialist at the Univ. of
Manchester’s Dalton Nuclear Institute, is questioning the accuracy of
the system, which also placed Chernobyl at Level 7 despite that
reactor's much greater release of radiation, and thinks media confusion
will result.
5/10/2011 | News
Natural
gas drillers have been under intense scrutiny since reports of fouled
drinking water emerged several years ago. Now, research is resolving
some of the questions surrounding hydraulic fracking, including the
actual risk of methane contamination of water wells and the effect of highly-saline wastewater on watersheds.
