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Is geoengineering ready for prime time?

October 18, 2010 by Marc Gunther
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2010 has been a bad year for climate, and an even worse year for climate policy. But for that very reason, it’s been a good year for geoengineering—the notion that humans can deliberately manipulate the climate and cool the earth. Official Washington is starting to take geoengineering seriously: The Government Accountability Office and a... [read more]

It's Not All Good: Why You Should Worry About the Clean Energy Race

February 12, 2010 by Breakthrough Institute
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In his State of the Union Speech, President Obama issued what is now a familiar refrain: "the nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy." If there were still doubts about which nation has the edge they were put to rest days later by a bluntly titled front-page article in the New York... [read more]