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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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The NFL Needs Distance From Its Brain-Injury Funding
by Roger Pielke, Jr. Wall Street Journal February 21, 2016 By all means, keep funding concussion studies, but step back and let independent science take its course. Super Bowl 50 between the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers was the second-most-watched … Continue reading
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Rights, Rules, and Respect for Nature
by Benjamin Hale Chapter in The Oxford Handbook of Environmental Ethics Edited by S. M. Gardiner and A. Thompson (2016) DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199941339.013.19 For years, many people have believed that the only reasonable way to approach a problem of environmental concern … Continue reading
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Learning in the Aftermath of Extreme Floods: Community Damage and Stakeholder Perceptions of Future Risk
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy Volume 6, Issue 3 by Elizabeth A. Albright and Deserai A. Crow Abstract: Policy learning in the aftermath of extreme events can happen as a result of changes in beliefs, attitudes, behaviors, and … Continue reading
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How Competing Securitized Discourses Over Land Appropriation are Constructed: The Promotion of Solar Energy in the Israeli Desert
by Itay Fischhendler, Dror Boymel & Maxwell T. Boykoff Environmental Communication Volume 10, Issue 2 (2016) Abstract: Although solar farms are often favorably received by the public due to their contribution to clean energy, they are not conflict-free. In various … Continue reading
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Technology Assessment as Political Myth?
by Roger Pielke, Jr. Chapter in The Next Horizon of Technology Assessment Proceedings from the PACITA 2015 Conference in Berlin Edited by C. Scherz, T. Michalek, L. Hennen, L. Hebáková, J. Hahn, and S. B. Seitz This short paper considers … Continue reading
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Special Issue of Ethics, Policy and Environment on COP21
A special issue (18.2) of Ethics, Policy, & Environment (co-edited by CSTPR’s Benjamin Hale and George Mason University’s Andrew Light) is now out: COP 20 Lima: The Ethical Dimension of Climate Negotiations on the Way to Paris-Issues, Challenges, Prospects guest … Continue reading
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Exploring Multiple Ontologies of Drought in Agro-Pastoral Regions of Northern Tanzania: A Topological Approach
Royal Geographical Society, Area 2015 by Mara J Goldman, Meaghan Daly, and Eric J. Lovell Abstract: There has been increased focus within the human dimensions of climate change on understanding the complex and multiple ways of ‘knowing’ climate. While these … Continue reading
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The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center and the Decision Making Process
Western Water Assessment White Paper 2015 by Roberta Klein and Lisa Dilling The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS) operates a network of thirteen River Forecast Centers (RFCs) across the country with the intended purpose of providing … Continue reading
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Environmental Rulemaking Across States: Process, Procedural Access, and Regulatory Influence
by Deserai A. Crow, Elizabeth A. Albright, and Elizabeth Koebele Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy doi: 10.1177/0263774X15606922 September 30, 2015 Abstract: Rulemaking is central to policymaking in the United States. Additionally, regulatory authority is devolved to the states … Continue reading
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Assessing Outputs, Outcomes, and Barriers in Collaborative Water Governance: A Case Study
by Elizabeth A. Koebele Universities Council on Water Resources Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education Issue 155, Pages 63-72 July 2015 Abstract: As freshwater supplies become increasingly threatened by overuse, pollution, and changes in climate, governing bodies have begun … Continue reading
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