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Renewable energy technologies and implementation in the United States

This annotated bibliography will look at current research on the production, distribution and use of renewable energy technologies in the U.S. The work stresses the breadth of such research as well as the breadth and scale of its real implementation and potential implementation.

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The Clear Skies Initiative: environmental regulation and corporate responsibility

Introduction- Eco-friendly business is here to stay. The idea of people and corporations taking a level of responsibility is rampant in the developed world.

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Western bias in the scientific achievements of ancient Maya civilization

While the way of "doing science" in Western cultures is based on the Greco-Roman tradition, while borrowing as much as possible from other countries, the Middle East in particular (algebra, astronomy, etc.), it still remains tied to a more Western paradigm of reductionism and linear thinking.

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Ocean acidification and the survival of marine invertebrates

The presence and behavior of human beings has altered the ecological balance in profound ways.

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The emergence of environmental ethics in the 1960s

Environmental Ethical Issue. Environmental ethics is a philosophical sub-discipline that was developed in the late 1960s to early '70s.

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Government regulation and consumer choice in food politics

Food politics refers to the political aspects that are related to the manufacture, control, regulation, inspection and delivery of food.

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Three experts examine global warming's community impact

According to the many sources the five most immediate dangers of global warming are: 1) the melting of the polar ice caps, 2) the effects on the economy, 3) the increased probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves, 4) the likelihood that warmer waters will generate more hurricanes, and 5)…

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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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Reasons for pessimism about America's future prospects

I can certainly understand why some people are so pessimistic about their future expectations. In the United States, the economic collapse triggered by the busting of the so-called "housing bubble" in 2008 have led to the worst recession in recent American history.

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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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