Beta News--The second of our four-part series examining the positions of the presidential and vice presidential candidates on technology policy. [Read more]
Wired--For better or worse, the presidential campaign has kicked into high gear and both Barack Obama and John McCain. We're disappointed to see neither candidate considers transportation a top-tier issue. [Read more]
Tulsa World--First District Congressman John Sullivan said Wednesday that the U.S. energy policy should be based on entrepreneurship and technology rather than regulatory measures such as so-called "cap-and-trade" legislation.
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CBS News--Five industry groups have sued the Interior Department over a rule to protect the polar bear that they say unfairly singles out business operations in Alaska for their contribution to global warming. [Read more]
LIVE Science--Changes that the Bush administration is proposing to make to Endangered Species Act regulations just aren't sound science, various scientists and conservation groups say. [Read more]
N.Y. Times--California, known for its far-ranging suburbs and jam-packed traffic, is close to adopting a law intended to slow the increase in emissions of heat-trapping gases by encouraging housing close to job sites, rail lines and bus stops to shorten the time people spend in their cars. [Read more]
L.A. Times (Opinion)--A bill requiring state review before insurance companies deny or rescind healthcare coverage to customers deserves to make it to the governor's desk and to be signed into law. [Read more]
N.Y. Times--Judy Estrin (a member of SEA's Board of Advisors), who has built several Silicon Valley companies and was the chief technology officer of Cisco Systems, says Silicon Valley is in trouble. [Read more]
New Scientist--Nuclear engineer Rusi Taleyarkhan, who claimed to have achieved nuclear fusion by popping bubbles in a solvent, has been formally reprimanded for research misconduct by Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. [Read more]
Washington Post--What does a company do when there's anecdotal evidence that two of its drugs are equally effective in treating a leading cause of blindness in the elderly, one costing patients $60 per treatment and the other $2,000? In the case of Genentech Inc., nothing. [Read more]
N.Y. Times--Biologists at Harvard have converted cells from a mouse’s pancreas into the insulin-producing cells that are destroyed in diabetes, suggesting that the natural barriers between the body’s cell types may not be as immutable as supposed. [Read more]
N.Y. Times--The virus that causes AIDS is spreading in New York City at three times the national rate according to a study released on Wednesday by the city’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. [Read more]
N.Y. Times--One of the country’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants will give investors detailed warnings about the risks that global warming poses to its business under a deal with New York’s attorney general. [Read more]
N.Y. Times--One of the country’s largest builders of coal-fired power plants will give investors detailed warnings about the risks that global warming poses to its business under a deal with New York’s attorney general. [Read more]
Forbes--Tom Casten has the money and the know-how to generate huge amounts of clean power without bothering with costly solar and wind energy. [Read more]
Forbes--Nationwide, 39% of fourth graders tested at or above proficient in math, up from 31% in 2003. Progress? A little. But in science, fourth graders improved only one percentage point in the same period. [Read more]
Washington Post--The world may have only seven years to start reducing the annual buildup in greenhouse gas emissions that otherwise threatens global catastrophe within several decades. That means that between Inauguration Day in January 2009 and 2015, either John McCain or Barack Obama will face the most momentous political challenge of all time. [Read more]
