A carbon bomb is a fossil fuel extraction project, such as a coal mine, that can cause over a metric gigaton of CO₂ emissions during its lifetime. That's a billion tons—more than twice the UK's annual emissions from a ...
Environment
Sep 5, 2022
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Corporate America has seen its fair share of criticism, but an ASU professor and two teams of students have found evidence that the majority of Fortune 100 companies are increasingly concerned with potential human rights ...
Economics & Business
Jun 4, 2014
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A ban on all gambling advertising within three years has attracted the most attention of the 31 recommendations made by the Australian parliamentary inquiry into online gambling, which reported this week.
Economics & Business
Jun 30, 2023
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It's not easy to claim being an old woman. To start with, how can I be 75 when I feel about 40? And isn't it shameful to be old when youth is valued? People proudly parrot statements such as, "I'm growing older but not getting ...
Social Sciences
Feb 27, 2023
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(HealthDay)—It has been the sole silver lining in the coronavirus pandemic—cleaner air and water on the planet. But will it continue?
Environment
Jul 15, 2020
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Large majorities of tax policy experts in the U.S. favor a graduated personal income tax, taxing long-term capital gains as ordinary income, a net income tax on corporations and extending the retail sales tax to services.
Economics & Business
Apr 12, 2013
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New research from Aarhus University in Denmark shows that political partisanship is rooted in affective, physiological processes that cause partisans to toe the party line on policies and issues, regardless of policy content.
Social Sciences
Jun 16, 2015
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It's difficult to ask, but how many fatalities should Australia accept from COVID in 2022?
Social Sciences
May 19, 2022
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Researchers from Cal Poly, Washington State University, and Claremont-McKenna Graduate School published a new Journal of Public Policy & Marketing (JPP&M) article finding that companies who engage in political advocacy experience ...
Economics & Business
Dec 19, 2022
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New research by the University of Stirling could lead to major improvements in marine oil spill cleanup processes.
Ecology
Jan 22, 2024
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