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Mar 19 2018
Felten Nominated for Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board
Professor Edward Felten has been nominated by President Donald Trump for a position on the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB)…
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Mar 02 2018
Defending Democracy: Princeton Conference to Address Civil, Military Responses in an Age of Disinformation
Robert Mueller’s recent indictment of 13 Russians and their “troll farm” has given us a clearer view of what an adversary can do with disinformation…
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Feb 14 2018
Politics & Polls #78: Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
As the earth continues to warm, life - both in cities and rural areas - will undoubtedly change. Urban centers, which contribute the lion’s share of…
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Feb 13 2018
Pride Tops Guilt as a Motivator for Environmental Decisions
A lot of pro-environmental messages suggest that people will feel guilty if they don’t make an effort to live more sustainably or takes steps to…
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Feb 13 2018
By 2100, Arid Cities Will Suffer from More Severe Heat Waves than Temperate Cities
Heat waves are among the deadliest and most common of environmental extremes. As the earth continues to warm due to the buildup of greenhouse gases,…
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Feb 08 2018
United States Should Continue Leading in Artificial Intelligence, Felten Tells Senate Committee
A hearing convened by the Communications, Technology, Innovation, and the Internet Subcommittee of the United States Senate Committee on Commerce,…
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Jan 04 2018
Politics & Polls #72: Social Research in the Digital Age
From smart phones to social media, digital technology has changed the way we live — åallowing for new explorations of human behavior. Big Data now…
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Dec 13 2017
Hydraulic Fracturing Negatively Impacts Infant Health
From North Dakota to Ohio to Pennsylvania, hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, has transformed small towns into energy powerhouses. While…
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Oct 30 2017
Are the Grandkids Worth It? Climate Change Policy Depends on How We Value Human Population
If the human population continues to grow, more pressure will be put on carbon dioxide emissions — leaving future generations vulnerable to the…
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Oct 23 2017
Air Pollution Cuts Solar Energy Potential in China
China is rapidly expanding its solar power supply, hoping to meet 10 percent of the nation’s electricity needs with solar energy by 2030. But there’s…
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Sep 15 2017
To Predict How Climate Change Will Affect Disease, Researchers Must Fuse Climate Science and Biology
Predicting how climate change will affect the incidence of infectious diseases would have great public health benefits. But the relationship between…
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Aug 22 2017
Orange is the New Green: How Orange Peels Revived a Costa Rican Forest
In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto a barren pasture in a Costa Rican national park…
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Jul 19 2017
Connecting Information Technology and Policy
How to effectively regulate and oversee the internet has become increasingly complicated for policymakers. Today’s information revolution has…
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Jun 29 2017
Climate Change to Damage U.S. Economy, Increase Inequality
Unmitigated climate change will make the United States poorer and more unequal, according to a study published June 29 in the journal Science. The…
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May 25 2017
U.S. Nuclear Regulators Greatly Underestimate Potential for Nuclear Disaster
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) relied on faulty analysis to justify its refusal to adopt a critical measure for protecting Americans…
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May 18 2017
'A Bee, a Tree, What’s In It For Me?' Class Examines Environmental Policy
On a morning in March, Professor Michael Oppenheimer pointed to a photograph he took while flying over the North Pole.
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May 03 2017
Current Climate Change Measurements Mask Trade-Offs Necessary for Policy Debates
Scientists and policymakers use measurements like global warming potential to compare how varying greenhouse gases, like carbon dioxide and methane,…
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May 03 2017
WWS Reacts: Rolling Back Net Neutrality?
Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Ajit Pai outlined a plan last week to reduce government oversight over high-speed internet…
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Apr 28 2017
Synthetic Gas Would Cut Air Pollution but Worsen Climate Damage in China
Severe air pollution has plagued China's industrial regions in recent decades, a situation that has received worldwide attention thanks to photos of…
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Mar 23 2017
Politics & Polls #36: Do Science and Facts Matter in the Trump Administration?
President Trump’s budget blueprint proposes deep cuts to research at the National Institutes of Health and the Environmental Protection Agency…
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Mar 09 2017
Q&A: Protecting Democracy in a Vulnerable Digital World
This Q&A is part of a series featuring panelists who will participate in the Princeton-Fung Global Forum. This public event, to be held…
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Mar 06 2017
Q&A: Striking a Balance Between Privacy and Security
This Q&A is part of a series featuring panelists who will participate in the Princeton-Fung Global Forum. This public event, to be held…
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Feb 21 2017
Baldwin Wins Student Paper Award from American Meteorological Society’s Board on Environment and Health
Jane Baldwin, a Ph.D. candidate in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at Princeton University, has received a top student paper award from the American…
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Feb 08 2017
Wide Data Nets: The Dilemma of Catch & Release
The digital revolution is generating massive amounts of information. And while big data certainly benefits researchers and consumers, it also poses…
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Feb 06 2017
Q&A: The Role of Regulation in a Digital Age
This Q&A is part of a series featuring panelists who will participate in the Princeton-Fung Global Forum. This public event, to be held…