Technology policy lies at the core of the climate change challenge. Even with a cutback in wasteful energy spending, our current technologies cannot support both a decline in carbon dioxide emissions and an expanding global economy. If we try to restrain emissions without a fundamentally new set of technologies, we will end up stifling economic growth, including the development prospects for billions of people.

The largest workplace health study ever conducted is applying cutting edge techniques to investigating an apparent cancer cluster-and highlighting the reasons why science doesn't always protect us at work. March 2008

The only way to save the bluefin tuna, one of the most marvelous and endangered fish in the ocean, may be to domesticate the species. March 2008

Do the math: affordable new technologies can prevent global warming while fostering growth. March 2008

Without limits on industrial scale catches, marine populations will continue to collapse. March 2008

Scientists are turning agricultural leftovers, wood and fast-growing grasses into a huge variety of biofuels

According to recent statistics, U.S. motorists have responded to record-high prices at the pump by driving less. Any hope that this cutback will significantly restrain global oil prices is misplaced, however: fundamental factors of supply and demand in the world economy will keep oil costly for years to come. The hope that a cutback in driving by U.S.

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