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August 17, 2008
by Patricia Gober, Arizona State University
Arizona Repuiblic, Viewpoints
According to a study published in the July 14, 2000, issue of Science, one-third of the world’s population is water-stressed, with 8 percent classified as severely water-stressed, including the western United States and northern Mexico, South America, India, China, Africa surrounding the Sahara Desert, and southern Africa and Australia.
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July 28, 2008
Princeton Review rating based on environmental practices, policies and course offerings
Arizona State University has been named one of the nation’s “greenest” universities by The Princeton Review in its first-ever rating of environmentally friendly institutions.
The “2009 Green Rating Honor Roll” is a numerical score on a scale of 60 to 99 that The Princeton Review tallied for 534 colleges and universities based on data it collected from the schools in the 2007-08 academic year concerning their environmentally related policies, practices and academic offerings.
The Green Rating scores appear in the website profiles of the 534 schools that posted on The Princeton Review’s site (www.PrincetonReview.com) today.
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July 11, 2008
In his July 10, 2008, testimony before Congress, Professor Jay Golden calls for greater federal support for improved data collection and interagency collaboration.
More people, hotter temperatures, and a vulnerable electrical system. How will the US meet the growing demand for air conditioning in a way that protects our population while minimizing emissions of carbon dioxide that contribute to climate change? In his July 10, 2008, testimony before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, Professor Jay Golden called for greater federal support for improved data collection and interagency collaboration.
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