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National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Harnessing the Sun's Energy Through Transparent Photovoltaics Researchers here have developed a small transparent solar cell prototype that may one day capture sunlight streaming in through a window and produce enough electricity to power homes and office buildings.
National Defense August 2008 Alan L. Gropman	U.S. At Risk of Losing Global Lead in Information Technology There is a perceived need within the information technology and communications industries to develop a homegrown labor force, not only for the viability of the economy and the industry, but also for national security requirements.
National Defense August 2008 Stew Magnuson	Climate Change Fears Spill Over To The Defense Community Politicians and environmentalists who want to reduce the amount of greenhouse gas emissions pumped into the atmosphere are using this argument to woo conservative skeptics to their side in the ongoing energy/global warming debate.
National Defense August 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Oil Wars and Climate Woes: Two Sides of the Same Coin If rising waters and violent storms whipped into oblivion a key U.S. military base on the island of Diego Garcia, would such a catastrophe qualify as a national security crisis or as a climate change scourge?
National Defense August 2008 Matthew Rusling	Oil Is Out; Is Nuclear In? Put yourself in an imaginary time machine and set the dial to around the year 2040. The exorbitant price of oil, now at $500 a barrel, has pushed a good chunk of the globe toward nuclear power.
National Defense August 2008 Grace V. Jean	Energy Conservation is No Barrier to Japan's Economic Ambitions Every spring, fierce winds kick up the Gobi Desert's dust and blow east through China, where the dirt blends with pollutants from the growing numbers of factories. The resulting mixture travels across the Sea of Japan.
Scientific American August 2008 Emily Harrison	Unlikely Victims of Banning CFCs--Asthma Sufferers New CFC-free inhalers cost three times more than their CFC counterparts.
Scientific American July 2008 John Rennie	After the Quake: Helping China Clean Up Their Environment Aiding the earthquake victims in China should not distract from other challenges.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2008 Jonathan Katz	Paper Manufacturer Banks on Biomass By early 2009 fossil fuel will truly be a thing of the past for Ohio paper maker Smart Papers Holdings LLC. The company has begun construction on a $30 million cogeneration facility that will utilize yard, industrial and fiber waste to power its manufacturing operations.
IndustryWeek August 1, 2008 John Teresko	Bookshelf: The Necessary Revolution: How Individuals and Organizations Are Working Together to Create a Sustainable World In his first major book since The Fifth Discipline, lead author Peter Senge challenges us to tackle today's sustainability crisis by helping us see and rethink the big-picture-system way we do business.
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