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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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April 1, 2010
South Korea
Carbon Capture and Storage Ramps Up in the United States and South Korea
Jill Kosch O’Donnell is a former Junior Associate of The Asia Foundation and writer in Washington, DC. Demonstration projects now underway in the United States and South Korea to capture CO2 emissio…
December 19, 2011
Elections and Voting
Campaign 2012 Roundup: Gingrich Down and Paul Up
Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich during the Republican Party presidential candidates debate in Sioux City, Iowa on December 15, 2011. (Jim Young/courtesy Reuters) What the polls giveth, the polls taketh a…
October 2, 2011
You Might Have Missed: Gender Equality, Private Contractors, and a Syrian No-Fly Zone
U.S. Army soldiers returning from duty in Iraq walk through smoke as they arrive during a welcome home ceremony in Colorado Springs on February 13, 2009 (Rick Wilking/Courtesy Reuters). - World …
September 21, 2012
Education
Policy Initiative Spotlight: Michigan’s Leg Up for Long-term Unemployed
One of the more serious and lasting consequences of the Great Recession and its aftermath has been the sharp rise in the number of long-term unemployed. Nearly 45 percent of the unemployed –or more…
September 14, 2012
Education
Techonomy and the Future of Cities: What I Learned
I spent a fascinating day this week at the Techonomy conference in Detroit, and came away with a new appreciation for why I should get out of Washington more than I do. The conference, the brainchild…
