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The emergence of environmental ethics in the 1960s

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Government regulation and consumer choice in food politics

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Vannevar Bush and Eamon Kelly's visions of technological progress

Technology never ceases to amaze us. As technology advances, so does society. Vannevar Bush talks about how he sees technology emerging. Bush wrote the article as We May Think more than sixty years ago, yet the concepts mentioned in the article are very forward thinking for those times.

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Global warming, pollution, and the Medieval Warm Period Project

Rapid growth of the global economy profoundly effects modern economic development and stability, labor, and, most especially, the environment.

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The evolution of the Republican Party from abolitionism to modern politics

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Environmental uncertainty and organizational effectiveness in the U.S. EPA

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NATO's evolving role in addressing contemporary security threats

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Rising gas prices and the global shift toward alternative energy sources

Today, the world is coming to terms with the reality of a global oil shortage. The petroleum which has constituted the dominant and exponentially consumed energy source of the last century is becoming scarcer and more costly.

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Aviation's impact on the stratosphere and ozone layer

This is an examination of the harm the aviation industry has in the context of the earth's natural environment. It explores how aviation fuel affects ozone production based on introducing high levels of CO2, NOx, and Sulfur emissions into the vulnerable stratosphere.

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Kepler's elliptical orbits and the history of astronomical observation

Johannes Kepler made important contributions to astronomy in the decades after Copernicus.

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