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Houston – Economy

Houston is recognized worldwide for its energy industry—particularly for oil and natural gas—as well as for biomedical research and aeronautics. Renewable energy sources—wind and solar—are also growing economic bases in Houston. The ship channel is also a large part of Houston’s economic base. Because of these strengths, Houston is designated as a beta world city [...]

California State University, Los Angeles – Future developments

The University has several construction projects slated for the next five years. Classes are underway in La Kretz Hall; the first wing of the Wallis Annenberg Integrated Sciences Complex, constructed on the site of the university’s former tennis and basketball courts. Construction has begun on the second wing of the Complex, which will add another [...]

Energy Policy Act of 2005 – Provisions

General provisions *Under an amendment in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Section 406, authorizes loan guarantees for innovative technologies that avoid greenhouse gases, which might include advanced nuclear reactor designs, such as pebble bed modular reactors (PBMRs) as well as clean coal and renewable energy; *Increases the amount of biofuel (usually ethanol) [...]

Orgone – Introduction

Orgone energy is an idea which was proposed and promoted in the 1930s by psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, who originated the term to describe a universal life force. Reich, originally part of Freud’s Vienna circle, believed that Freud’s concept of libido had an actual biological basis, and developed a therapeutic practice that was ostensibly designed to [...]

Design e2 – Episodes

;Season one # “The Green Apple”: sustainable design options for skyscrapers in New York city. # “Green for All”: incorporating cultural values into sustainable design for impoverished communities such as rural Mexico. # “The Green Machine”: the benefits of authoritarian leadership are demonstrated in the green projects of Chicago mayor Daley # “Gray to Green”: [...]

Sergey Brin – Other interests

Brin is working on other, more personal projects that reach beyond Google. For example, he and Page are trying to help solve the world’s energy and climate problems at Google’s philanthropic arm [http://www.google.org google.org]. He had Google invest in the alternative energy industry to find wider sources of renewable energy. They are trying to get [...]

Crowder College – Recognition

Crowder has achieved worldwide recognition for its innovative alternative energy program, under the direction of department chair Art Boyt. Crowder’s solar team designed and built the first solar powered vehicle to successfully complete a coast to coast journey across the United States in 1984. http://www.nytimes.com/1984/09/02/us/solar-car-completes-cross-country-trip.html Since then Crowder has continued to distinguish itself in world [...]

Jon Tester – Political views

The political watchdog group OnTheIssues.org has ranked him a “Moderate Liberal”. He has made government reform a top priority issue. Tester criticized Republicans in Congress for making policy that is designed “for those who write the biggest campaign checks”. He has stated that Washington culture is “controlled by K Street cronies.”. He has spoken against [...]

American Clean Energy and Security Act – Summary of the bill

The bill proposes a cap and trade system, under which the government sets a limit (cap) on the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted nationally. Companies then buy or sell permits to emit these gases, primarily carbon dioxide (CO2). The cap is reduced over time to reduce total carbon emissions. The legislation [...]

Petroleum engineering – Introduction

Petroleum engineering has become a technical profession that involves extracting oil in increasingly difficult situations as much of the “low hanging fruit” of the world’s oil fields has been found and depleted. Improvements in computer modeling, materials and the application of statistics, probability analysis, and new technologies like horizontal drilling and enhanced oil recovery, have [...]

Sheryl WuDunn – Introduction

Sheryl WuDunn (; born New York City, November 16, 1959) is a Chinese American author, lecturer and businesswoman who was the first Asian-American to win a Pulitzer Prize. A banker focusing on growth companies, double bottom line firms, alternative energy issues, and women entrepreneurs, WuDunn has also been a private wealth adviser with Goldman Sachs [...]

Jeff Rense – Introduction

Jeff Rense is an American conspiracy theorist and radio talk-show host of the ”Jeff Rense Program”, broadcast on US satellite radio via Republic Broadcasting Network (RBN) and Internet radio. Rense’s radio program and website, Rense.com, cover subjects such as 9/11 conspiracy theories, UFO reporting, paranormal phenomena, Holocaust denial, Zionism, tracking of new diseases and possible [...]

Public Law 110-343 – Three divisions of the Act

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 is part of an effort to bail out firms holding mortgage-backed securities in an attempt to restore liquidity to the credit markets. Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 The Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 contains a new tax credit [...]

Sandia National Laboratories – Introduction

Sandia National Laboratories, which are managed and operated by the Sandia Corporation (a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation), are two major United States Department of Energy research and development national laboratories. Their primary mission is to develop, engineer, and test the non-nuclear components of nuclear weapons. The primary campus is located on Kirtland [...]

The Hubbert Peak – Plot

Josh crashes a Ford Excursion SUV into a hybrid Toyota Prius, causing a public relations disaster, given that later he has to meet with alternative energy supporters who berate the White House for doing too little to beef up laws in this area, including raising fuel emissions standards; Josh points out that they have had [...]

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