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Promoting polar science in the United States
The work of the Office of Polar Programs (OPP), part of the National Science Foundation (NSF), is examined here by Open Access Government
List: Things More Heavily Regulated Than Buying a Gun in the United States
Having a fucking bake sale<br>Building a fucking shed in your own backyard<br>Pumping fucking gas<br>Getting a fucking vasectomy<br>Owning a fucking car<br>Drivin...
How would you feel if the United States broke up into multiple countries?
Honesty, I wouldn't mind it. There's so much philosophical division between red and blue states. We have completely opposite perspectives on how the...
Should the United States Abolish Daylight Saving Time?
What do people stand to gain — and lose — if the ritual is discontinued?
The United States Must Pay the United Nations What It Owes
There are few better ways for the country to reclaim its credibility and moral authority.
How Energy Productive is the United States?
Does Nuclear Energy Have a Future in the United States?
In May, the U.S. Energy Information Administration released a daily energy brief summarizing the current and future state of nuclear energy production in America.
When It Comes to Coal, the United States Needs to Lead
This Administration’s “War on Coal” seems a misguided way to lead the world when it comes to tomorrow’s energy sources. Countries around the world are increasingly looking at coal because it is the cheapest source of fuel that can be used to produce low-cost electricity, a key component of a modern and progressive …
Could Climate Change Save the United States' Nuclear Energy Industry?
The Three Mile Island partial meltdown led the U.S. away from nuclear. Global warming might bring it back.
SPACE How to promote better nutrition through social assistance
This guidance is intended to inform the design or adaptation of the following social assistance interventions to make them more nutrition-sensitive (see Box 1): cash transfers, cash-plus, in-kind transfers, school feeding, and public works programmes.
Hackers leave question of how safe is U.S. power grid
At any one time, the United States uses more than 400,000 megawatts of electricity. That’s a lot...
How utilities wield bad science to stunt clean energy
Big utilities are pulling out all the stops to block a transformational shift to planet-friendly power, two renewable energy advocates write.
The polar vortex is showing people just how poorly insulated their homes are
Leaky homes are energy hogs. Home energy audits can reveal how much.
What is your top priority for promoting our national security?
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Mix one part Green New Deal with one part polar vortex
The system that provides electricity and heat for millions could change drastically; utility plans will leave customers out in the cold.
How Do United Nations Sanctions Work? And Are They Effective?
The U.S. is one of several countries that typically backs U.N. sanctions -?but do those sanctions actually work?
How States, Localities Are Looking to Spend Federal IT Funds
Federal grants are giving states and localities a big opportunity to invest in their IT systems. But the money is temporary, and they need to choose their acquisitions, and vendor partners, carefully.
Why Are States Raising Fees on Electric and Hybrid Cars?
Critics argue that the revenue raised isn't worth weakening the incentives to buy more environmentally friendly vehicles.
Which Regions & States Are Leading In Local Clean Energy?
A comparison of how well policies in nearby states support distributed energy, including rooftop and community solar, provides insights into which states are regional leaders and where cross-pollination of state policy ideas that support local energy might improve areas that lag behind
What Can the Federal Government Do Better than the States? [No. 86]
We tend to think of “federalism” as being all about what the states can do better than a national government. What about things that the federal government c...
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