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President Barack Obama has no new initiatives in his today's visit to the Massachusetts Institute of technology, where he highlighted the clean energy technology and the need for climate change legislation. But he did wonder if it would be able to leave the campus. "I understand a group of engineering students put my motorcade on top of Building 10," he joked. MIT archived webcast of his speech.
The US House of Representatives passed yesterday a bill, HR 3585, that would require the Department of energy to create a roadmap for the development of solar energy technology and get more participation from the industry. the project law requires that the industry subsidies to be examined on merit and increases of $ 250 million funding authorization to $ 550 by 2015 (current credit is approximately $ 0 million). DOE should establish a program R & D for recycling solar panels. No draft accompanying law was introduced in the Senate.
researchers in Germany published a study (PDF, auf Deutsch) yesterday showing how in 2050 the Germany could reduce its emissions by 95% compared to its 190 levels, while maintaining its standard of living. Renewable energy for electricity, traffic, and heating would be 60% of employment, the rest would come from industry, agriculture and waste management.
After avoiding a judgment of his animal research, the University of Wisconsin, Madison, offers to hire a vice chancellor of research for managing grants and compliance with federal rules.
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