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Tools and the saving of labour
2009-12-12 02:33:26
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Adam Smith mentioned in his the Wealth of Nations that one reason
that the differenciation of labour improved the efficiency is that
labourers need not to travel from their field to the loom (so to
speak)...
Fossil fool of the day
2009-12-09 05:28:47
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Climate Progress 报道，一批国家被哥本哈根气候会议上的活动家们评为“Fossil Food of the Day”：
The second-place award went to the Umbrella Group of industrialized non-EU nations, namely Canada, Iceland, Japan...
污染物：二氧化碳
2009-12-07 15:41:13
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美国 EPA 将认定温室气体危害环境和人类健康，由此为通过立法控制温室气体铺平道路。Green Inc. 报道：
Thomas J. Donohue, the president of the Chamber of Commerce, said that the endangerment finding “could result...
引以为戒
2009-12-04 00:49:00
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Andrew Sullivan 在他的 blog 里写道：
Scientists are as prone as anyone to taking part in "informational cascades," particularly when they are being funded by granting agencies that reward those who continue ...
基本结论不变
2009-11-30 01:03:27
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最近爆出了英国 University of East Anglia 部分研究人员在发表关于气候变化的文章时选择性地使用数据的新闻，可以想见 Fox News 之类媒体要怎么利用它大做文章。但 Grist 写道：
Whatever may be on trial in this latest ...
宽马路与社区意识
2009-11-26 12:41:58
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今天在看《读库0600》的时候看到一篇《大马路之痒》，虽然比较 old，但今天读来还是很有意思，这其中的原因当然也包括北京的马路从2006年到今天虽然没有明显变宽，却也没有变窄的趋势，而且眼看五环之外的六环还不会是北京的最...
The behavioural barrier
2009-11-23 16:13:51
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Grist reports:
How much impact would a price on carbon have? It depends on how easily people can adjust their behavior in response to price signals (what economists call “elasticity of demand”). If people ...
Green collaboration in 7 bullet points
2009-11-17 23:47:09
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James Fallows collected the 7 initiatives proposed in the Hu-Obama meeting, along with links to fact sheets:
I am not equipped to judge how the slew of clean-energy initiatives prepared for approval at the H...
《中美联合声明》节选
2009-11-17 08:22:14
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来自南方周末：
关于即将召开的哥本哈根会议，双方同意，依据“巴厘行动计划”积极促进《联合国气候变化框架公约》全面、有效和可持续实施具有重要意义。双方决心根据各自国情采取重要减缓行动，并认识到两国在促成加强世界...
