Have you ever looked up and watched a jet high in the sky leaving a long contrail? Have you also wondered what effect that contrail might have on global warming and our environment? Dr. David Travis, from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, has, and during Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., he gave a talk entitled “Climate Change: Indications of Global Warming & Threats from Aviation.”
During Hybridfest in Madison, Wisc., Jonathan Foley, from the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), gave a presentation titled, “News From A Warming Planet.”
Meet Professor Pam Matson, dean of the School of Earth Sciences at Stanford University and renowned scientist. Pam is super-excited about the opportunities that ever-increasing levels of private and industrial funding for energy and environmental research offer. How can universities contribute to finding sustainable energy sources and solutions to global ...
Global warming is happening, and one of the culprits is likely increased emission levels of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as a result of our energy usage. Lynn Orr is director of the Global Climate and Energy Project and one of the world’s leading experts on global ...
In this keynote address at the Cleantech Venture Forum in New York, AIG Global Investment Group Chairman Win Neuger talks about the importance of Cleantech and clean technology.
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Guest: Win J. Neuger - AIG Global Investment Group
Announcer
It is my honor and privilege to introduce to you Win Neuger of AIG ...
“The technical hurdles are real but we believe they are surmountable.” During his keynote address at the L.A. Auto Show, General Motors Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner announced that the company has begun work on a Saturn Vue plug-in hybrid production vehicle, as well as other alternative ...
Now in the final stretch leading up to Tuesday and Election Day, has our voting process improved much, six years after the Florida recounts? We take a closer look at electronic voting machines. Also, MIT’s new research initiative on the Web, some tech-minded ways of approaching global warming, and the ...
Microsoft hears another complaint about anti-competitive practices — this time from Google. Sony’s Playstation 3 is under pressure from less expensive competition. Copyrighted material online is being pulled from MySpace and YouTube, marking important transitions for both peer-to-peer sites. TV-produced comedy shows may not be available on those sites, but ...
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