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Originally created in 2004, Prometheus is a project of University of Colorado's Center for Science and Technology Policy Research. Prometheus is designed to create an informal outlet for news, information, and opinion on science and technology policy.-
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Want to Buy a New Stove?
by Katie Dickinson, CSTPR Core Faculty Member Think for a moment about the last meal you cooked. What kind of stove (or stoves) did you use? A gas range? An electric oven? A charcoal grill? A microwave? Maybe you even … Continue reading
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A Fork in the Road: Jack Stilgoe Considers the Future with Self-Driving Cars
by Alison Gilchrist, CSTPR Science Writing Intern When you imagine a future with self-driving cars, what do you picture? Are you sliding into your own Tesla Model S, or are you calling up Driverless Cars Company X for a ride? … Continue reading
Science Policy in a Changed Political Landscape: Not All Bad News
by Steve Vanderheiden, CSTPR Core Faculty Member The first two months of 2017 have brought good and bad news regarding United States efforts to control greenhouse gas emissions, illustrating an evolving relationship between science and policy in domestic climate change … Continue reading
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Inconvenient Mistruths: Justin Farrell Talks About the Spreading of Misinformation on Climate Change
by Alison Gilchrist, CSTPR Science Writing Intern A lie is more convincing if it’s backed up by multiple sources. For the many organizations deliberately sowing mistrust of climate science, this was clearly a lesson taken to heart. Justin Farrell, a … Continue reading
The UN Needs Science Advice Now More Than Ever
The UN’s Scientific Advisory Board has done pioneering work. If it is not renewed, policy will suffer by CSTPR Faculty Affiliate, Susan Avery and Maria Ivanova “Science makes policy out of brick, not straw,” the Scientific Advisory Board to the … Continue reading
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MeCCO Summary: Climate Change News Coverage Decreases in February
Media and Climate Change Observatory (MeCCO) February 2017 Summary February 2017 saw climate change coverage decrease across the fifty sources in twenty-seven countries around planet Earth (see Figure 1). Coverage of political, scientific, ecological/meteorological, and cultural dimensions of climate change … Continue reading
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The Ring of Engagement
by Jason Delborne, CSTPR Faculty Affiliate Associate Professor of Science, Policy, and Society at North Carolina State University Diagram above from Gene Drives on the Horizon: Advancing Science, Navigating Uncertainty, and Aligning Research with Public Values, National Academies of Sciences, … Continue reading
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Scientists Informing Congress: How Julia Schubert Uses Geoengineering Policy as a Case Study
by Alison Gilchrist, CSTPR Science Writing Intern How do you study the ways in which scientific expertise is brought into the process of policy making? And how do you capture its impact? One possibility is conducting a case study of … Continue reading
Climate Change: The Discovery of a Grand Societal Challenge
by Julia Schubert Fulbright Doctoral Visiting Scholar at CIRES Center for Science and Technology Policy Research University of Colorado at Boulder (Image above: Oldest series of weather maps in the United States. January 30, 1843. Produced by James Pollard Espy. … Continue reading
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Fire Adapted Communities Learning Network
Jeremiah Osborne-Gowey, Doctoral Student, Environmental Design and Environmental Studies Bruce Goldstein, Associate Professor, Environmental Design and Environmental Studies As part of our research program into the transformative potential of learning networks, wevisited a range of communities affiliated with the Fire … Continue reading →