News tagged with public opposition
Feds, 5 states to push for Great Lakes wind farms
(AP) -- The Obama administration and five states have reached an agreement to speed up approval of offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes, which have been delayed by cost concerns and public opposition.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 30, 2012 |
3.3 / 5 (3) |
1
Teaching science to the religious? Focus on how theories develop
Vicious, winner-take-all competition in nature is an essential pillar of evolutionary theory, but it frequently describes the mindset people have about how, or whether, to teach the subject. Religious students sometimes come ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2012 |
3.4 / 5 (9) |
619
Swiss nuclear shutdown to cost $22.5bn: study
Shutting down Switzerland's five nuclear power stations will cost about 20.7 billion Swiss francs (16.8 billion euros, $22.5 billion) and take about 20 years, Swiss authorities said on Thursday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 24, 2011 |
2.3 / 5 (3) |
2
Myanmar suspends dam project after rare outcry
Myanmar's president on Friday ordered a halt to construction of a controversial $3.6 billion mega dam following rare public opposition to the Chinese-backed hydropower project.
Sep 30, 2011 |
5 / 5 (1) |
2
Public attitudes to nanotechnology: Lessons for regulators
New technologies may change our lives for the better, but sometimes they have risks. Communicating those benefits and risks to the public, and developing regulations to deal with them, can be difficult -- particularly if ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 21, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
