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b068a0bb93fd8f13c716f8f7117ba765 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2020/11/17/first-dark-sky-park-to-span-an-international-border-wins-award/ | First Dark Sky Park To Span An International Border Wins Award | First Dark Sky Park To Span An International Border Wins Award
The northern summer Milky Way setting over the mountains of Waterton Lakes National Park, Alberta, ... [+] Canada. Taken in September 2019 as part of a time-lapse. VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images
The reward is up there, in the sky, when the... |
04df60ae4364d242bbd579cbd5f0d0fe | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2020/11/21/hawaiian-seaweed-makes-cows-90-less-gassyand-thats-good-for-climate-change/?sh=4c2f0ffc5c4b | Hawaiian Seaweed Makes Cows 90% Less Gassy - And That’s Good For Climate Change | Hawaiian Seaweed Makes Cows 90% Less Gassy - And That’s Good For Climate Change
Symbrosia is scaling the production of red seaweed, Asparagopsis taxiformis, for use as a ... [+] sustainable feed material. Symbrosia Inc.
The red seaweed is called Asparagopsis taxiformis, or A. taxiformis for short. The startup that’s t... |
610f565ad0764d7e9384ef851a5a7158 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2020/11/26/pristine-seas-has-created-23-marine-reserves-around-the-world-hopes-to-double-that-in-the-next-decade/ | Pristine Seas Has Created 23 Marine Reserves Around The World, Hopes To Double That In The Next Decade | Pristine Seas Has Created 23 Marine Reserves Around The World, Hopes To Double That In The Next Decade
Whitetip reef sharks, Pacific creolefish, barberfish and Moorish idols populate the reef at the ... [+] Revillagigedo Archipelago, Mexico. In March 2016, partnering with Mares Mexicanos, the Pristine Seas team conduct... |
6958b003745ab99322eb7a05589f6aae | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkart/2020/12/18/ibm-joins-alliance-developing-platform-to-track-plastic-waste-globally/?sh=5c2169c76477 | IBM Joins Alliance, Developing Platform To Track Plastic Waste Globally | IBM Joins Alliance, Developing Platform To Track Plastic Waste Globally
An image from the Alliance to End Plastic Waste's Progress Report 2020. Alliance to End Plastic Waste
You might say IBM has joined the Plastic Avengers. The technology giant’s superpower: Designing a new data platform to help track plastic waste ... |
dd609f96b552e77bc088ef6685650b90 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2016/11/10/11-jobs-that-are-safer-during-a-recession/ | 11 Jobs That Are Safer During A Recession | 11 Jobs That Are Safer During A Recession
Donald Trump’s election win was a shocker. The U.S. stock market surged surprisingly the day after, but much uncertainty remains about how Trump’s policies will take shape and when the seven-year economic recovery will give way to a recession.
Andrew Chamberlain, chief economis... |
4baf08031126859e594efb1af56a4ebe | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/03/15/the-best-paying-jobs-for-women-in-2017/ | The Best-Paying Jobs For Women In 2017 | The Best-Paying Jobs For Women In 2017
CEO was the highest-earning job among women in 2016. Shutterstock
For numerous reasons, the highest paying jobs in America are different for women than men. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) collects detailed compensation data by occupation, revealing the roles where women... |
dc22fea372eb610605b96df9152df9f1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/03/16/the-fast-growing-job-with-a-huge-skills-gap-cyber-security/?sh=2072dcf45163 | The Fast-Growing Job With A Huge Skills Gap: Cyber Security | The Fast-Growing Job With A Huge Skills Gap: Cyber Security
Some experts predict there will be a global shortage of two million cyber security professionals by... [+] 2019. Shutterstock
Behind every new hack or data breach, there’s a company scrambling to put out the fire. That’s good news for job seekers with cyber s... |
246acc678f5ff09dd07d60aac1369cfa | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/05/12/the-five-most-in-demand-coding-languages/ | The Five Most In-Demand Coding Languages | The Five Most In-Demand Coding Languages
Python was named by coding school Coding Dojo as the most in-demand coding language. Shutterstock
There are dozens of coding languages in wide use today, and for aspiring engineers, or anyone who wants to dabble in tech, it can be difficult to know where to start. This week Codi... |
97b2b23e1069a5f8e1b65884955af986 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/06/15/10-high-paying-blue-collar-jobs/ | 10 High-Paying Blue-Collar Jobs | 10 High-Paying Blue-Collar Jobs
Electrical repairers earn $74,540 in average annual wages, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor... [+] Statistics. Shutterstock
We often associate big paychecks with business suits or — if you work in tech — t-shirts and hoodies. But many blue-collar workers earn lofty salaries.
The te... |
45b9e019c121bea89329ecdbeb7e9608 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/06/21/the-fastest-growing-jobs-in-america/ | The Fastest-Growing Jobs In America | The Fastest-Growing Jobs In America
Construction laborer was the fastest-growing job in the U.S. from 2015 to 2016. Matt York/AP Photo
Unemployment in the U.S. sank to 4.3% last month, nearly half its level just five years ago. Millions more Americans are hard at work, but which jobs are growing the fastest?
Forbes loo... |
c8dda64f968be52ac178c73e11c25593 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/11/05/farmers-insurance-is-using-virtual-reality-to-transform-its-employee-training/?sh=4ed4868c3ee3 | Farmers Insurance Is Using Virtual Reality To Transform Its Employee Training | Farmers Insurance Is Using Virtual Reality To Transform Its Employee Training
An insurance claims worker at Farmers participates in its virtual reality training program. Famers Insurance
When an insurance claims worker from Farmers enters a kitchen to investigate a customer’s leaky sink, he kneels down, opens a cabinet... |
a709f02a368ed6e40608769adcaf58f4 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/12/01/the-companies-where-women-most-like-to-work/ | The Companies Where Women Most Like To Work | The Companies Where Women Most Like To Work
Pinterest made the list of the top companies where women most like to work, according to ... [+] Comparably.com. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images
Treatment of women in the workplace has been one of the hottest topics of the year, and for good reason. Sexual misconduct allegatio... |
4b67001d8c94993cdd03535657d36c60 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2017/12/03/the-happiest-companies-to-work-for-in-2018/ | The Happiest Companies To Work For In 2018 | The Happiest Companies To Work For In 2018
Nike was named one of the happiest companies to work for by CareerBliss.com. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Companies that keep employees happy aren’t just helping their workers—they’re helping themselves, since satisfied workers are more productive. In fact, a mutual fund that ... |
17f3a01b63a7d1c626d257aae109b2a4 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/03/27/blockchain-startup-spring-labs-raises-15-million-in-vc-four-months-after-its-founding/ | Blockchain Startup Spring Labs Raises $15 Million In VC Four Months After Its Founding | Blockchain Startup Spring Labs Raises $15 Million In VC Four Months After Its Founding
Spring Labs wants to help financial institutions with identity verification, making the process more ... [+] secure and efficient. Shutterstock
Spring Labs, a Los Angeles startup that aims to help financial institutions with identi... |
993919046d6b129933a3392241498c8d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/03/30/here-today-gone-tomorrow-crypto-billionaires-net-worth-falls-by-billions/ | Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Crypto Billionaires’ Net Worth Falls By Billions | Here Today, Gone Tomorrow: Crypto Billionaires’ Net Worth Falls By Billions
Chris Larsen, cofounder and executive chairman of Ripple, has seen his crypto net worth fall $5 ... [+] billion since late January. Photo credit: Chris Larsen
When it comes to cryptocurrency riches, it’s easy come, easy go. The markets have fa... |
335b0905b00657cd659841bf9be88881 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/06/13/feel-good-get-rich-with-new-goldman-sachs-paul-tudor-jones-etf/ | Feel Good, Get Rich With New Goldman Sachs Paul Tudor Jones ETF | Feel Good, Get Rich With New Goldman Sachs Paul Tudor Jones ETF
Paul Tudor Jones' JUST Capital aims to find large U.S. companies that engage in "just business... [+] behavior." Kevin Mazur/Getty Images
Goldman Sachs Asset Management is jumping into the do-good investing game with a new ETF: JUST. The new fund aims to ... |
2e3b10d82b86dc3e84282225ae33098d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/07/25/why-major-cryptocurrency-investors-are-betting-heavily-against-ethereum/ | Why Major Cryptocurrency Investors Are Betting Heavily Against Ethereum | Why Major Cryptocurrency Investors Are Betting Heavily Against Ethereum
Ethereum (ETH) cryptocurrency; ethereum coin on the background of the chart Shutterstock
Ethereum, the second-largest cryptocurrency platform in the world, has seen its currency plummet 36% this year. But some major crypto investors think it has m... |
364189fedaa4474d798df4f96295377f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2018/09/19/startup-aims-to-be-millennials-bank-with-cash-back-debit-card-high-interest-on-savings/ | Startup Aims To Be Millennials’ Bank With Cash-Back Debit Card, High Interest On Savings | Startup Aims To Be Millennials’ Bank With Cash-Back Debit Card, High Interest On Savings
The Empower team in its San Francisco office. Cofounders Warren Hogarth and Justin Ammerlaan are ... [+] pictured at center. Photo credit: Empower
The personal finance app Empower is throwing the kitchen sink at Millennials to re... |
45282d00aabeb46fe8b1dfc610371d78 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/02/04/top-payment-fintech-companies/ | The Future Of Payments: Fintech 50 2019 | The Future Of Payments: Fintech 50 2019
Osama Bedier, founder and CEO of Poynt, a fintech startup that makes point-of-sale credit card... [+] readers that third-party developers can build apps on top of. Photo credit: Poynt
In 2018, while cryptocurrencies aiming to disrupt central banks suffered a stunning bear market... |
3150a67ef69a4c13846fcbb092dd8df5 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/04/26/why-everyone-in-crypto-is-talking-about-defi/?sh=1f33fdc3723f | Why Everyone In Crypto Is Talking About DeFi | Why Everyone In Crypto Is Talking About DeFi
Bitcoin and Ethereum are the original decentralized finance applicaitons, but newer cryptocurrency ... [+] platforms have spiked in popularity over the past six months. Getty Images/iStockphoto
A new movement is pumping oxygen into the cryptocurrency industry despite asset ... |
ee1dfcfb7d0314b1dfdad4ccaec95df0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/05/15/fear-drives-chinese-to-buy-bitcoin/?utm_source=FBPAGE&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2313391859&utm_campaign=sprinklrForbesMainFB | Currency Fears Drive Chinese Into Bitcoin | Currency Fears Drive Chinese Into Bitcoin
Chinese investors are exiting the yuan for other assets. Getty
While nearly 5,000 cryptocurrency fans gleefully gathered at the Consensus conference in New York this week, investors on the other side of the globe appeared to be the ones pulling the levers behind bitcoin’s sev... |
1c08549e0baa562bbc1df71799a4a30f | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/05/30/vanguard-is-now-using-blockchain-technology-to-help-manage-13-trillion-in-index-funds/ | Vanguard Is Now Using Blockchain Technology To Help Manage $1.3 Trillion In Index Funds | Vanguard Is Now Using Blockchain Technology To Help Manage $1.3 Trillion In Index Funds
Vanguard is ahead of the curve among financial institutions in using blockchain technology for a ... [+] core service. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Vanguard, the 44-year-old mutual giant famous for popularizing index investing, has completed ... |
3c8fe84f5afdfae87a2902bd23e6fbba | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/06/24/the-new-fintech-chop-shops-taking-your-lamborghini-and-warhol-and-selling-pieces-to-investors/ | The New Fintech Chop Shops: Taking Your Lamborghini And Warhol And Selling Pieces To Investors | The New Fintech Chop Shops: Taking Your Lamborghini And Warhol And Selling Pieces To Investors
Fintech startups like Rally Rd. and Masterworks let everyday investors buy shares in collectibles, ... [+] aiming to increase the access to and liquidity of these investments.
Ever wish you could buy a share of a 1994 Lamborg... |
1342e50092204163047b6817afa6b0df | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/08/01/why-we-need-new-legislation-for-cryptocurrencies-qa-with-institutional-trading-firm-ceo-jennifer-campbell/ | Why We Need New Legislation For Cryptocurrencies: Q&A With Institutional Trading Firm CEO Jennifer Campbell | Why We Need New Legislation For Cryptocurrencies: Q&A With Institutional Trading Firm CEO Jennifer Campbell
Jennifer Campbell, CEO of institutional crypto trading firm Tagomi. Photo credit: Paolo Testa
Jennifer Campbell is cofounder and co-CEO of Tagomi, a prime brokerage for crypto assets that helps investors make l... |
d2cd7c92a215b4efec4e6e657924b294 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/09/05/lloyds-of-london-aon-and-others-poised-to-profit-from-cryptocurrency-hacker-insurance/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=forbes-crypto&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWTJNNVlUVmpZbVk1TkdNeSIsInQiOiJoMjQwRHRna0lTQ2diR3ZHQ0FjWmtrVW5yRVRMbk50NU1OTE1reWl... | Lloyd’s Of London, Aon And Others Poised To Profit From Cryptocurrency Hacker Insurance | Lloyd’s Of London, Aon And Others Poised To Profit From Cryptocurrency Hacker Insurance
The Lloyd's of London insurance marketplace is one of the key players capitalizing on the demand for ... [+] cryptocurrency insurance. ASSOCIATED PRESS
Where there are assets, there’s insurance, and that’s becoming increasingly tr... |
057376fd71815a579c69048c8679a48e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/12/13/cryptocurrency-startup-tagomi-slashes-trading-fees-in-half-to-woo-large-crypto-traders/ | Cryptocurrency Startup Tagomi Slashes Trading Fees In Half To Woo Large Crypto Traders | Cryptocurrency Startup Tagomi Slashes Trading Fees In Half To Woo Large Crypto Traders
Tagomi cofounders Jennifer Campbell, Greg Tusar and Marc Bhargava. Paolo Testa
Tagomi, a New Jersey startup whose software helps investors trade cryptocurrencies, has cut its fees nearly in half, now charging 0.1% or less per trade... |
a13842a26c6bd650df0be96d9c086fad | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2019/12/26/five-fintech-predictions-for-2020-according-to-kleiner-perkins/ | Five Fintech Predictions For 2020, According To Kleiner Perkins | Five Fintech Predictions For 2020, According To Kleiner Perkins
Kleiner Perkins investor Monica Desai is focused on fintech and blockchain. Brandon McGanty / Otto Baba
Monica Desai Weiss is an investor at Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins, where she focuses on fintech and blockchain. Previously, she... |
b36246c64c1437419e68ae17faf123bc | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2020/01/13/why-visa-is-buying-fintech-startup-plaid-for-53-billion/?sh=6419d3412a8b | Why Visa Is Buying Fintech Startup Plaid For $5.3 Billion | Why Visa Is Buying Fintech Startup Plaid For $5.3 Billion
Plaid CEO Zach Perret © Kevin Hu
Visa announced it will acquire Plaid—a startup that connects payment apps like Venmo and Square Cash to users' bank accounts to transfer funds—for $5.3 billion. That marks a doubling of Plaid’s value in a year. The eight-year-o... |
bd22fc6cac4cf8dd5ec70b4e52269511 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2020/03/03/why-the-coronavirus-could-cause-a-fintech-slowdown/ | Why The Coronavirus Could Cause A Major Fintech Slowdown | Why The Coronavirus Could Cause A Major Fintech Slowdown
A person wearing a mask walks through Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia. If the virus ... [+] keeps spreading and more people stay at home, fintech companies will suffer. Samsul Said/Bloomberg
The coronavirus outbreak is having a wide range of side... |
e5e8045dca50cbc74d91a44dee7f0906 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2020/05/28/payments-startup-marqeta-more-than-doubles-valuation-to-43-billion/ | Payments Startup Marqeta More Than Doubles Valuation To $4.3 Billion | Payments Startup Marqeta More Than Doubles Valuation To $4.3 Billion
Marqeta CEO Jason Gardner has led the company to double its revenue every year over the past four ... [+] years. Timothy Archibald/The Forbes Collection
Oakland-based fintech startup Marqeta has raised $150 million in new funding from a single inves... |
fc81631d95020c5d4e7a81c944eb1688 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2020/06/15/fintech-startup-synapse-lays-off-nearly-50-of-full-time-staff/ | Fintech Startup Synapse Lays Off Nearly 50% Of Full-Time Staff | Fintech Startup Synapse Lays Off Nearly 50% Of Full-Time Staff
Synapse CEO Sankaet Pathak at the company's San Francisco office. TIM PANNELL FOR FORBES
Fintech startup Synapse is laying off 63 people, or nearly 50% of its full-time staff, according to a former employee. The San Francisco company makes digital banking ... |
07e820ef017aaf23e476c77764ebcb84 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2020/06/29/robo-advisor-personal-capital-to-be-acquired-for-up-to-1-billion/ | Fintech Personal Capital Sells To Canadian Insurer For $825 Million Plus Contingency Bonus | Fintech Personal Capital Sells To Canadian Insurer For $825 Million Plus Contingency Bonus
Jay Shah joined Personal Capital in 2009, the same year it launched, and became CEO in 2017. Personal Capital
Personal Capital, the San Francisco fintech that lets people invest in automated portfolios of stocks and bonds, is be... |
c0d94697f2a2c27d809766b18d93ca55 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2020/08/03/robinhood-doubles-its-second-quarter-trading-revenue-reaching-180-million/?sh=70ce91dc768c | Robinhood Doubles Its Second-Quarter Trading Revenue, Reaching $180 Million | Robinhood Doubles Its Second-Quarter Trading Revenue, Reaching $180 Million
Robinhood cofounders and co-CEOs Baiju Bhatt and Vlad Tenev Bonnie Rae Mills Photography
While Americans have been stuck at home during the pandemic, they’re flocking to stock-trading app Robinhood in increasing numbers, propelling its busines... |
3b65df0b2ecf52da918bf24b56e6c41e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2020/10/20/fintechs-wildfire-fighter-this-reinsurer-is-using-ai-to-make-california-insurance-affordable/?utm_campaign=Fintech&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Revue%20newsletter | Fintech's Wildfire Fighter: This Reinsurer Is Using A.I. To Make California Insurance Affordable | Fintech's Wildfire Fighter: This Reinsurer Is Using A.I. To Make California Insurance Affordable
Kettle's technology aims to predict where California's next wildfire will start and prevent property ... [+] insurance prices from spiraling out of control. Kettle
This year, California wildfires have torched 1.4 million ... |
7d6e30e1ca323927ac81057d98ae27c9 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffkauflin/2021/01/05/affirm-pegs-potential-ipo-range-at-33-to-38-implying-valuation-as-high-as-9-billion/ | Affirm Pegs Potential IPO Range At $33 To $38, Implying Valuation As High As $9 Billion | Affirm Pegs Potential IPO Range At $33 To $38, Implying Valuation As High As $9 Billion
Affirm cofounder and CEO Max Levchin Bloomberg
Affirm, the San Francisco buy-now, pay-later startup led by PayPal cofounder Max Levchin, has priced its IPO in the range of $33 to $38 per share, implying a valuation of $8 billion to... |
5825884d34924038b8ebce01ed7badfe | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2011/06/14/can-you-get-a-divorce-do-over/ | Can You Get a Divorce Do-over? | Can You Get a Divorce Do-over?
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Once in awhile you paint a room, and then decide later that you just can’t stand the color. That’s not a big problem because you can always repaint.
Occasionally at breakfast, I’ll burn a piece of toast. Obviously, that’s not a big deal, either, because I simply put an... |
e806bbbfe51ea1860c52e3f16088a0e9 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2011/07/27/dont-let-your-ex-husband-inherit-your-401k/ | Don't Let Your Ex-Husband Inherit Your 401(k) | Don't Let Your Ex-Husband Inherit Your 401(k)
When they’re happily married, couples don’t usually spend much time debating who’s going to be the beneficiary of assets like pension plans and other retirement accounts. During a marriage, spousal rights typically take precedence, and it’s understood (and generally accepte... |
4fdd436e5e42a608e4ab2a1b1d0e4e9a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2012/06/13/how-divorcing-women-should-handle-retirement-accounts-and-pension-plans/ | How Divorcing Women Should Handle Retirement Accounts And Pension Plans | How Divorcing Women Should Handle Retirement Accounts And Pension Plans
Many people think divorce only happens among the young, but that’s just not the case. In fact, a recent study showed that between 1990 and 2009, the divorce rate among older adults actually doubled, and that in 2009, about one in every four divorce... |
19d997268f2785f79c6e7a464e37beb7 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2012/06/28/my-best-financial-advice-for-the-bride-to-be/ | My Best Financial Advice for the Bride-to-Be | My Best Financial Advice for the Bride-to-Be
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Summer just wouldn’t be summer without a few days on the beach, the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks and, of course . . . weddings. Since so many women will be “tying the knot” over the next few months, it’s a great time for me to offer some practica... |
1e7b16dafa80a4ae3f6acfa6ad3f54e7 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2012/07/11/divorcing-women-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-atros/ | Divorcing Women: Here's What You Need to Know About ATROs | Divorcing Women: Here's What You Need to Know About ATROs
Mention the words “restraining order,” and most people think you’re referring to circumstances involving physical violence, where someone needs a court order to be protected from the dangerous, aggressive actions of someone else.
However, the Automatic Temporary... |
9eddb19a77d93f1107fc66780a4d1ac1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2013/03/26/what-are-the-financial-and-legal-advantages-of-being-first-to-file-for-divorce/ | What Are The Financial And Legal Advantages Of Being First To File For Divorce? | What Are The Financial And Legal Advantages Of Being First To File For Divorce?
Over the years, I’ve had several clients who felt blindsided when their husbands announced intentions to divorce. Some thought all was well enough in their marriage; others knew there were problems, but didn’t think the issues were insurmou... |
83869a8f0ef30ad97f3e6fe02d028464 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2013/10/16/divorcing-women-dont-forget-these-marital-assets/ | Divorcing Women: Don't Forget These Marital Assets | Divorcing Women: Don't Forget These Marital Assets
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Divorce marks the end of one chapter of your life and the beginning of another, and odds are, you’ll look back at this time and see it as a positive turning point in your life. However, before you achieve that perspective, there’s plenty to... |
84631e1d4b2185d2311a19f4f00cc220 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2016/02/09/women-changing-your-relationship-status-this-valentines-day-consider-a-social-media-clause/ | Changing Your Relationship Status This Valentine's Day? Consider A Social Media Clause | Changing Your Relationship Status This Valentine's Day? Consider A Social Media Clause
With family and friends spread far and wide, most of us now use social media as a way to share our thoughts, photos, and news of what’s going on in our lives. On the one hand, social media is great. It keeps us up-to-date about every... |
c49133c78674644902196b560f015278 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jefflanders/2018/02/12/a-checklist-to-help-you-manage-post-divorce-finances/ | A Checklist To Help You Manage Post-Divorce Finances | A Checklist To Help You Manage Post-Divorce Finances
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There are times when negotiating a divorce settlement starts to feel like searching for the Holy Grail—an all-consuming pursuit of an elusive, quite possibly mythical goal. In contentious, financially-complex divorces, the process can take months, or eve... |
dec3ac34258130166154f70600e39644 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/03/27/physicist-designs-diy-green-utopia-construction-set/ | Physicist Designs DIY Green Utopia Construction Set (Video) | Physicist Designs DIY Green Utopia Construction Set (Video)
Marcin Jakubowski A Princeton-educated physicist-turned-farmer is growing more than vegetables on 30 acres in Missouri. Marcin Jakubowski is developing a collection of machines designed to build and support villages that sustain themselves with everything ... |
25b60bfc2b5f033a3ca93301b776f50c | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/04/09/radiation-detected-in-drinking-water-in-13-more-us-cities-cesium-137-in-vermont-milk/ | Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk | Radiation Detected In Drinking Water In 13 More US Cities, Cesium-137 In Vermont Milk
• Unusual Reading At Chatanooga Nuclear Plant
• Milk Contamination At EPA Maximum
• Highest Levels Yet In Boise Rainwater
[UPDATED with FDA's Derived Intervention Level, EPA's MCL for Cesium-137]
Radiation from Japan has been detected... |
6962cb955ad9cc5275d46a4446707a94 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/04/12/white-house-comes-out-for-streetcars/ | White House Comes Out For Streetcars | White House Comes Out For Streetcars
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President Obama's clean-energy campaign hopped onto streetcars this morning with a government-made infomercial and testimonial for United Streetcars, a Portland company, published on the White House and Transportation Department blogs.
The testimonial promises st... |
849269e28240172b15ac465bdd76088b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/04/14/why-does-fda-tolerate-more-radiation-than-epa/ | Why Does FDA Tolerate More Radiation Than EPA? | Why Does FDA Tolerate More Radiation Than EPA?
[UPDATED with comment from FDA, at bottom, and EPA's MCL for Cesium-137]
Since the Environmental Protection Agency began detecting radiation in rainwater and milk at levels above its maximum contaminant level, government officials have been downplaying the importance of EP... |
0cc93825fe5486d7aa3298ee8c7ac80b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/04/20/citizen-monitors-keep-a-wary-eye-on-radiation-and-government/ | Citizen Monitors Keep A Wary Eye On Radiation And Government | Citizen Monitors Keep A Wary Eye On Radiation And Government
Don Curry with a particulate sampler, or "doghouse," that sniffs the air for contaminants. (Photo:... [+] Jeff McMahon)
LAS VEGAS—Retired high-school science teacher Don Curry visits a radiation monitoring station on Flamingo Road in Las Vegas a few times a w... |
5b41993dc87e0c61a0fadd05daa93a67 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/05/19/pilot-technology-sequesters-co2-as-it-extracts-natural-gas/ | New Technology Promises To Tap Vast Reserves of Methane -- And Sequester CO2 | New Technology Promises To Tap Vast Reserves of Methane -- And Sequester CO2
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They've done it in a laboratory: Scientists have injected carbon dioxide into the kind of methane ice that underlies vast tracts of permafrost in the Arctic and lurks beneath the deep seafloor throughout t... |
5802b1180195a653ba32feb1266cc4a9 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2011/08/03/fracking-radiation-targeted-by-doe-ge/ | Fracking Radiation Targeted By DOE, GE | Fracking Radiation Targeted By DOE, GE
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The Department of Energy and General Electric will spend $2 million over the next two years to remove naturally occurring radioactive materials from the fracking fluids produced by America's booming shale-gas industry.
The New York State Departm... |
af09dd3643a67b82019579e34db5835b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2012/01/27/led-poised-to-light-up-the-world-study/ | LED Poised To Light Up The World: Study | LED Poised To Light Up The World: Study
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In the next decade, LED lights will capture more than half of the world's demand for new lighting, the author of a study on green economic opportunities said last night at a University of Chicago forum.
Robert Weissbourd, the president of RW-Ventures, was stud... |
80720a14f11750bcb6c08b7f3b635284 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2012/10/13/busting-bus-bunching-with-traffic-signals/ | Busting Bus Bunching With Traffic Signals | Busting Bus Bunching With Traffic Signals
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Transportation officials equipped with increasingly sophisticated technology are considering ways they can use traffic signal-prioritization not just to speed the progress of buses, but to solve bus bunching.
Many cities are plagued by bus bunching at peak h... |
3ad0c7473a5343f929d08a3d3efda0c1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2013/01/28/deferring-recycling-u-s-to-bury-almost-all-existing-nuclear-waste/ | U.S. To Bury Almost All Existing Used Nuclear Fuel; Recycling Deferred At Least 20 Years | U.S. To Bury Almost All Existing Used Nuclear Fuel; Recycling Deferred At Least 20 Years
Castor containers filled with spent nuclear fuel rods from decomissioned nuclear power plants at a... [+] temporary waste depository in Germany (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
There's little hope that the 70,000 metric to... |
1d437117fd2c5adbf0d568547a13e84b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2013/04/26/former-cia-director-the-grid-is-vulnerable/ | Former CIA Director: The Grid Is Vulnerable To Attack | Former CIA Director: The Grid Is Vulnerable To Attack
Former CIA Director James Woolsey (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)
The electric power grid in the United States is vulnerable to attacks that have already begun, former CIA Director R. James Woolsey said in Chicago Thursday night, and America needs distribu... |
03059c31ecee8200e0966821c007f850 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2013/11/10/new-build-nuclear-is-dead-morningstar/ | New-Build Nuclear Is Dead: Morningstar | New-Build Nuclear Is Dead: Morningstar
Anti-nuclear protesters demonstrate in Spain. Morningstar cites political opposition as one of the... [+] reasons that "new-build nuclear in the West is dead." (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Nuclear reactors are not a viable source of new power in the West, Morningstar analysts conclud... |
fd681169cf404cc9caa04a9d3ffbd8cf | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2014/04/08/some-environmentalists-want-to-save-utilities-from-death-spiral/?ss=energy | Some Environmentalists Want To Save Utilities From Death Spiral | Some Environmentalists Want To Save Utilities From Death Spiral
The Natural Resources Defense Council, known for slapping lawsuits on big polluters, thinks power utilities are worth saving from a solar-powered death spiral, an NRDC official said in Chicago Monday. An Exelon executive welcomed the help.
Solar panels hav... |
26453c30e06b0159edf3e7824f242f1e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2014/12/09/another-giant-declares-nuclear-dead-in-fracking-america/ | Another Giant Declares Nuclear Dead In Fracking America | Another Giant Declares Nuclear Dead In Fracking America
No utility executive could propose a nuclear reactor "in good conscience" in the U.S. today, the director emeritus of Argonne National Laboratory said in Chicago Monday.
Alan Schriesheim became the first industry executive to lead a national laboratory when he too... |
02927af1897ae415fbf5ec1c4ba72eb1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2015/09/28/autonomous-vehicles-arrive-in-3-years-in-3-stages/ | Autonomous Vehicles Arrive In 3 Years, In 3 Stages | Autonomous Vehicles Arrive In 3 Years, In 3 Stages
Autonomous vehicles will be in wide use in as little as three years, slipping into traffic before transportation departments and disrupted industries have a chance to prepare, experts said in Chicago today.
"The majority of people I talk to have no idea they're coming ... |
b81327fc05ed6501289244b5f58fe292 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2015/10/18/utilities-run-out-of-time-to-adapt-to-energy-revolution/?ss=energy | Utilities Running Out Of Time To Adapt To Energy Revolution | Utilities Running Out Of Time To Adapt To Energy Revolution
NILES, IL - JULY 18: High fences and warning signs keep out people from entering a Commonwealth... [+] Edison power substationin Niles, Illinois. (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)
First of two stories.
Across North America, utility executives know they're runn... |
02ceff81c69e66250ae61ba710cce85a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2016/02/14/low-oil-price-imperils-renewable-revolution-in-nicaragua-the-lone-dissenter-in-paris/ | Low Oil Price Imperils Renewable Revolution In Nicaragua -- Lone Dissenter Of The Paris Talks | Low Oil Price Imperils Renewable Revolution In Nicaragua -- Lone Dissenter Of The Paris Talks
RIVAS, NICARAGUA—The trade winds blow steadily across Lake Nicaragua—so steadily that wind turbines have blossomed like dandelions on the lake’s pastoral western shore.
The turbines are central to Nicaragua’s ambition to cast ... |
b111ac60fc2f66de4176604e5b3fa6a1 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2016/07/10/nearly-all-coal-plants-now-comply-with-the-epa-mercury-rule-that-supreme-court-shot-down/ | Nearly All U.S. Coal Plants Now Comply With The EPA Mercury Rule That Was Shot Down By Supreme Court | Nearly All U.S. Coal Plants Now Comply With The EPA Mercury Rule That Was Shot Down By Supreme Court
Coal piles sit outside the Hunter Power plant operated by PacifiCorp waiting to be burned to produce... [+] electricity on June 3, 2016 outside Castle Dale, Utah. (Photo by George Frey/Getty Images)
Nearly all U.S. coal... |
a08bac5950e59d20764db2d3aaa9c8ff | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2016/12/05/argonne-selects-two-next-generation-batteries-to-succeed-lithium-ion/ | Argonne Settles On Two Most Promising Successors To Lithium Ion Battery | Argonne Settles On Two Most Promising Successors To Lithium Ion Battery
JCESR Director George Crabtree (Photo courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory)
After studying more than 22,500 ingredients for batteries, Energy Department researchers have settled on two prototypes they believe can surpass lithium-ion at much lowe... |
8716ef92c64bcd90c73584f70835fd0e | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/01/15/gas-and-renewables-toppled-coal-in-2015-a-decade-early/ | Gas And Renewables Toppled Coal A Decade Early | Gas And Renewables Toppled Coal A Decade Early
Coaling towers stand at the Arch Coal Inc. Sentinel Prep Plant in Philippi, West Virginia, U.S., on... [+] Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016. Arch, the St. Louis-based holder of the second-largest reserve of coal in the U.S., filed for creditor protection early in 2016, with an agr... |
4c0d1f55ed79e4b937b57c4e33ffe1f8 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/01/23/nine-things-you-can-do-about-climate-change/ | 9 Things You Can Do About Climate Change | 9 Things You Can Do About Climate Change
If everyone in the U.S. gave up meat and cheese just one day a week, it would be equivalent to not... [+] driving 91 billion miles, or taking 7.6 million cars off the road, according to the Environmental Working Group. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
Most Americans believe... |
c783f3b3a1f7e60bef3f725785caaf38 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/01/27/climate-scientists-launch-brainy-war-on-fake-news/ | Climate Scientists Launch Brainy Attack On Inaccurate News | Climate Scientists Launch Brainy Attack On Inaccurate News
Climate scientist Emmanuel Vincent, founder of climatefeedback.org, where climate scientists review... [+] stories published about climate change. (UC Merced photo by Veronica Adrover)
Climate scientists have volunteered by the dozens to review the accuracy of ... |
ad3c64cf0bca60452e8bb5fb85527731 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/04/17/big-fuel-savings-from-autonomous-vehicles/ | Big Fuel Savings From Autonomous Vehicles | Big Fuel Savings From Autonomous Vehicles
An attendee looks at an autonomous vehicle developed by Oxbotica while standing near an RDM... [+] Autonomous Vehicles Pod vehicle, outside the SMMT Connected 2017 conference on autonomous vehicles in London, U.K., on Thursday, March 30, 2017. Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloo... |
f3ea8d258129a6025c3f7427548e3c0b | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/05/02/where-to-find-epa-web-pages-scrubbed-by-the-trump-administration/ | Where To Find Those EPA Web Pages Scrubbed By The Trump Administration | Where To Find Those EPA Web Pages Scrubbed By The Trump Administration
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The Environmental Protection Agency no longer features a climate-change section on its main website, but the scrubbed pages are available from several sources.
Some individual pages are still available via EPA's search engine, but they ... |
54452dc032d722474541ffb6a67ef730 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/08/02/whats-your-dogs-carbon-pawprint/ | Dogs, Cats And Climate Change: What's Your Pet's Carbon Pawprint? | Dogs, Cats And Climate Change: What's Your Pet's Carbon Pawprint?
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Dogs and cats are responsible for a quarter of the greenhouse gas emissions caused by animal agriculture, according a new study out Wednesday, which adds up to a whopping 64 million tons of carbon-dioxide equivalent emi... |
693f513be01f23ea3bbc737c6598ef9c | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/10/17/chicago-once-a-bikeshare-innovator-squeamish-about-the-next-level/ | Chicago, Once A Bikeshare Innovator, Squeamish About The Next Level | Chicago, Once A Bikeshare Innovator, Squeamish About The Next Level
A reporter test rides a LimeBike in Washington, DC September 20, 2017. The bikes can be rented via... [+] an app that finds the closest bikeshare via GPS. More dockless bike systems are expected in US cities this year from California-based startups Spi... |
c970d853ef7044d066911b73c6688a66 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/11/12/author-describes-writing-doe-grid-reliabilty-study/ | Author Describes Writing Controversial DOE Grid Reliability Report | Author Describes Writing Controversial DOE Grid Reliability Report
Alison Silverstein at the University of Chicago. Energy Policy Institute at Chicago
When Energy Secretary Rick Perry set out this year to prove that Obama-era regulations were killing coal plants and undermining grid reliability, he turned to a veteran ... |
4de148eaa4750cead02aa7026820eb7c | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2017/11/23/three-zero-carbon-gift-ideas-for-a-climate-conscious-holiday/ | Three Zero-Carbon Gift Ideas For A Climate-Conscious Holiday | Three Zero-Carbon Gift Ideas For A Climate-Conscious Holiday
Even Santa's elves want you to kick the habit of giving stuff for the holidays. (Photo by Tristan... [+] Fewings/Getty Images for Hamleys)
Every object we give them subtracts from the quality of their future.
Even gifts that are marketed as environmentally fr... |
f77c54da825250990f51a2f189d63f0a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/02/25/how-blockchain-and-batteries-flipped-a-power-line-developer-to-microgrids/ | How Blockchain And Batteries Flipped A Power-Line Developer To Microgrids | How Blockchain And Batteries Flipped A Power-Line Developer To Microgrids
Microgrids may bring the twilight of big transmission. Shutterstock
Ed Krapels is a curious sort of electrical-transmission developer who thinks we don't need to develop more transmission.
"We need less transmission in the future, but we need bet... |
f96978c500251eb9e322e9a01149ce3d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/03/19/the-four-problems-of-urban-transportation-and-the-four-separate-solutions/ | The Four Problems Of Urban Transportation (And The Four Solutions) | The Four Problems Of Urban Transportation (And The Four Solutions)
The fixed-route bus and the bicycle solve at least one urban problem better than new technologies... [+] can, according to transit expert Jarrett Walker. Shutterstock
There are four main problems in urban transportation that require four separate soluti... |
6feafcc568963e161ed4ca4d98c5fecd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/04/23/americas-smart-grid-dreams-fading-without-congressional-support/ | America's Smart Grid Dreams Fading Without Congressional Support | America's Smart Grid Dreams Fading Without Congressional Support
Power lines stretch across farm land near Douglas, WA. (Photo By Bill Clark/Roll Call/Getty Images)
Congress hasn't allocated funding explicitly for the Smart Grid since the Obama stimulus package in 2009, the Congressional Research Service noted this mon... |
e550e0905cb61cb1761ab61db618d153 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/06/27/how-tesla-earned-a-zero-score-for-climate-management/ | How Tesla Scored A Zero On Climate Management | How Tesla Scored A Zero On Climate Management
Elon Musk, chairman and chief executive officer of Tesla Motors, stands with a Tesla Roadster... [+] outside the Nasdaq Marketsite in New York in a file photo. Photographer: Daniel Acker/Bloomberg
Tesla Motors is widely regarded as the most climate-conscious automaker, with... |
597d4be24d02b6af93bce9b90a9e628a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/07/01/innovation-is-making-lithium-ion-batteries-harder-to-recycle/ | Innovation Is Making Lithium-Ion Batteries Harder To Recycle | Innovation Is Making Lithium-Ion Batteries Harder To Recycle
Cut cobalt cathodes are held over a barrel in the Netherlands. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg
As manufacturers make lithium-ion batteries as cheap as they can, they're removing valuable elements that make them worthwhile to recycle, according to the El... |
704a0c0e8196e47710a61a8e45af080a | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/09/02/solar-installers-should-bundle-panels-with-heat-pumps-study-says/ | Solar Installers Should Bundle Panels With Heat Pumps, Study Says | Solar Installers Should Bundle Panels With Heat Pumps, Study Says
Solar installers could make a better business case for panels bundled with heat pumps and other... [+] electric devices that offset natural-gas use, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute. Here, Luminalt solar installer Pam Quan moves a solar panel du... |
361c947f4ba736bd02dd20fbd3f85356 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2018/11/07/midterm-results-climate-science-deniers-run-out-of-u-s-house/ | Midterm Results: Climate-Science Deniers Run Out Of U.S. House | Midterm Results: Climate-Science Deniers Run Out Of U.S. House
The United States Capitol Building.
See also Climate and Energy Score Brilliant Wins And Stunning Losses In The States
UPDATED with final results in several races.
Climate-science deniers were ousted from the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday, replac... |
751375527ea93dffb6d556ca46a063f8 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/04/02/get-ready-for-1-5%C2%A2-renewable-electricity-steven-chu-says-which-could-unleash-hydrogen-economy/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202019-04-02%20Utility%20Dive%20Newsletter%20%5Bissue:20190%5D&utm_term=Utility%20Dive | Get Ready For 1.5¢ Renewable Electricity, Steven Chu Says, Which Could Unleash Hydrogen Economy | Get Ready For 1.5¢ Renewable Electricity, Steven Chu Says, Which Could Unleash Hydrogen Economy
Steven Chu, former U.S. Secretary of Energy, 1997 Nobel Prize winner in physics, and the new... [+] president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal)
Former Energy Sec. Steven C... |
5d126550b42ae8f0605ff3ae5d690e07 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/05/27/all-major-u-s-airlines-commit-to-un-climate-plan/ | All Major U.S. Airlines Commit To UN Climate Plan Outside of Paris Agreement | All Major U.S. Airlines Commit To UN Climate Plan Outside of Paris Agreement
Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg BLOOMBERG NEWS
All major United States airlines and most smaller air carriers have voluntarily committed to a climate-mitigation plan that's independent of the Paris Agreement, the Federal Aviation Adminis... |
5768a8cf7be6a69d1e073ec5eb3ab12d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/07/02/mike-pences-indiana-chooses-renewables-over-gas-as-it-retires-coal-early/ | In Conservative Indiana, Utility Chooses Renewables Over Gas As It Retires Coal Early | In Conservative Indiana, Utility Chooses Renewables Over Gas As It Retires Coal Early
NIPSCO plans to close all its coal fired power plants early, including this one in Michigan City, ... [+] thanks to the low cost of renewable energy. Getty
Los Angeles just announced the largest and cheapest solar+storage project in ... |
44daf8a6af48a24b719ffb7afd61ae19 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/07/23/net-power-developing-multiple-zero-carbon-natural-gas-plants-exec-says/ | Multiple Zero-Carbon Natural-Gas Plants Planned At Lower Cost Than Conventional Plants | Multiple Zero-Carbon Natural-Gas Plants Planned At Lower Cost Than Conventional Plants
Adam Goff, policy director for NET Power and its parent company, 8 Rivers Capital. NASEM
NET Power is developing multiple zero-carbon natural-gas power plants around the world, an executive revealed Monday, at the same cost or cheap... |
c047d6983ef420eef1eb7d96ebce2529 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/08/26/macron-no-surprise-trump-failed-to-show-up-for-workshop-on-oceans-climate-and-biodiversity/ | Macron: No Surprise Trump Skipped G7 Workshop On Oceans, Climate And Biodiversity | Macron: No Surprise Trump Skipped G7 Workshop On Oceans, Climate And Biodiversity
BIARRITZ, FRANCE - AUGUST 26: French President Emmanuel Macron displays a watch made from recycled ... [+] fishing nets at the start of a working session on Climate, Biodiversity and Oceans during the G7 Summit on August 26, 2019 in Biarr... |
d217ec191e7f584614b86e1f09b56871 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/10/14/george-p-shultz-to-republicans-climate-action-is-a-reaganesque-insurance-policy/ | George P. Shultz To Republicans: Climate Action Is An Insurance Policy Reagan Would Like | George P. Shultz To Republicans: Climate Action Is An Insurance Policy Reagan Would Like
President Reagan and his Secretary of State George Shultz. Bettmann Archive
When Ronald Reagan got behind the effort to save the ozone layer, there was much less scientific consensus than there is now on climate change.
“I had two... |
5c4a227e4c6cf1fe9948830e864bc38d | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/10/24/4-reasons-the-developed-world-is-in-big-trouble-with-critical-minerals/ | 4 Reasons The Developed World Is In Big Trouble With Critical Minerals | 4 Reasons The Developed World Is In Big Trouble With Critical Minerals
Ecuadorian Minister of Energy Carlos Perez (L) shakes hands with Hu Jiandong, Executive President of ... [+] Ecuadorian Ecuacorriente, subsidiary of China's CRCC-Tongguan consortium, in Tundayme, Zamora Chinchipe in southeastern Ecuador on July 18, ... |
77ad24a5633dbff27163113edcdc9f34 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/10/29/huge-battery-investments-drop-energy-storage-costs-threaten-natural-gas-industry/ | Huge Battery Investments Drop Energy-Storage Costs Faster Than Expected, Threatening Natural Gas | Huge Battery Investments Drop Energy-Storage Costs Faster Than Expected, Threatening Natural Gas
The combination of cheap renewables and cheap battery storage is already proving too much for some ... [+] natural gas plants, RMI says in a new report. Getty
The global energy transition is happening faster than the model... |
4d64cd63c4f9273f5a51ac5114bbd1f0 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/11/12/all-the-grid-batteries-we-need-and-more-will-soon-be-under-our-noses/ | All The Energy Storage The Grid Needs Will Soon Be Under Our Noses | All The Energy Storage The Grid Needs Will Soon Be Under Our Noses
Volkswagen has started producing its own battery cells for electric cars. Photo by Julian ... [+] Stratenschulte/picture alliance via Getty Images dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
If energy and transportation planners stop seeing their sectors as ... |
e08102d7b975c7e5aaf33bc258216489 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2019/12/02/5-reasons-agricultures-greenhouse-gas-emissions-are-usually-underestimated/?sh=5b7edd416ac8 | Why Agriculture’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Almost Always Underestimated | Why Agriculture’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Almost Always Underestimated
A research assistant at the Baden-Württemberg Agricultural Centre holds a methane detector that ... [+] measures methane emissions in the exhaled air of cows.Photo by Thomas Warnack/picture alliance via Getty Images picture alliance via Getty ... |
e45976a419ee415c502a9a231b863bc5 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2020/03/16/coronavirus-lockdown-may-have-saved-77000-lives-in-china-just-from-pollution-reduction/ | Study: Coronavirus Lockdown Likely Saved 77,000 Lives In China Just By Reducing Pollution | Study: Coronavirus Lockdown Likely Saved 77,000 Lives In China Just By Reducing Pollution
WUHAN, CHINA: A masked woman walks in the empty street due to the lockdown to curb the COVID ... [+] epidemic in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. Photo by Feature China/Barcroft Media via Getty Images... |
66a1375e2f24636d165dd8f9c7359bc2 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2020/11/27/new-us-climate-portfolio-must-emphasize-innovation-and-grid-development-iea-chief-says/ | New U.S. Climate Portfolio Must Emphasize Innovation And Grid Development, IEA Chief Says | New U.S. Climate Portfolio Must Emphasize Innovation And Grid Development, IEA Chief Says
When it burns, hydrogen combines with oxygen to form water vapor, making it a strong candidate as a ... [+] carbon-free fuel. getty
The United States must expand its power-transmission grid for its own sake and invigorate innovat... |
3c87cbcb2a62783600302c3814fd7319 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2020/11/30/nasas-plutonium-tours-us-before-heading-to-mars/?fbclid=IwAR3bKbM0rEvLIIKUnERrzD7sw3zBwkTpZLumYDWAqkg8_GKajyWwJQJdMGs&sh=7cb3a8a82bbb | NASA’s Plutonium Tours U.S. Before Heading To Mars | NASA’s Plutonium Tours U.S. Before Heading To Mars
The Plutonium Pathway followed by Pu-238 used in the nuclear batteries that fuel NASA rovers. Made with Google Maps
The plutonium-238 that powers NASA’s rovers on Mars crisscrosses the United States first on a tour of national laboratories.
Department of Energy offici... |
9607c13b4d961f5fa77a48ba8b618bd7 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2021/01/09/prince-charles-agrees-with-greta-2050-is-too-late/ | Prince Charles Agrees With Greta— 2050 Is Too Late—And Announces A ‘Terra Carta’ To Hasten Climate Action | Prince Charles Agrees With Greta— 2050 Is Too Late—And Announces A ‘Terra Carta’ To Hasten Climate Action
Prince Charles, Prince of Wales during a recent visit to a Gloucestershire Vaccination Centre. ... [+] (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) Getty Images
Updated Jan. 10, 5:30 p.m. EST with Prince Charles release ... |
d1a3aef2a6e2b76fc17e28ba43da9904 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2021/12/31/humans-rush-to-get-back-to-normal-but-nature-showed-in-2020-that-normal-isnt-working/ | 2020: While Humans Rushed To Get Back To Normal, Nature Showed That Normal Isn’t Working | 2020: While Humans Rushed To Get Back To Normal, Nature Showed That Normal Isn’t Working
A nurse waits to receive COVID-19 patients at the reception of a hotel in Portugal, turned into a ... [+] field hospital. (Photo by Rita França/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images
In ... |
f9fb8978e1c751133b144861f1ea1a69 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffopperman/2018/08/10/the-unexpectedly-large-impacts-of-small-hydropower/ | The Unexpectedly Large Impacts Of Small Hydropower | The Unexpectedly Large Impacts Of Small Hydropower
A small hydropower dam in Zambia with a capacity of 1 MW UNIDO
In 2008, Switzerland introduced a feed-in tariff to promote the expansion of renewable energy sources. While the law incentivized sources such as wind and solar, the developers of small hydropower projects... |
3ada6fb5221f2a39022cf8f6673dd2b5 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreycarr/2011/01/19/oecds-cyber-report-misses-key-facts/ | OECD's Cyber Report Misses Key Facts | OECD's Cyber Report Misses Key Facts
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Professors Sommer and Brown wrote a paper for the OECD entitled "Reducing Systemic Cybersecurity Risk". They sought to answer the question "How far could cyber-related hazards be as devastating as events like large-scale pandemics and the 2007-10 banking crisis?"... |
7d860cef3bff8fd621b71b1f3f0304cd | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreycarr/2011/02/08/is-the-advanced-persistent-threat-a-who-or-a-what/ | Is The Advanced Persistent Threat A "Who" Or A "What"? | Is The Advanced Persistent Threat A "Who" Or A "What"?
The term "Advanced Persistent Threat" (also known as "APT") is highly controversial. It's become a marketing buzz word so there are those who try not to use it at all. It's used by some to define an attack process that fits certain characteristics (think of them as... |
4927e8a3e5a5a30da88809ee25615b45 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2013/09/26/on-october-1-obamacares-price-tag-will-surprise-americans/ | On October 1, Obamacare's Price Tag Will Surprise Americans | On October 1, Obamacare's Price Tag Will Surprise Americans
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The Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, will move into the next phase of its gradual roll out next week. On October 1, the insurance exchanges will commence operations. These exchanges are supposed t... |
9f57b4560ef4c3f425142d0f9ae59a3c | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2013/12/05/balancing-the-federal-budget-so-easy-a-class-of-college-students-can-do-it/ | Balancing The Federal Budget: So Easy A Class Of College Students Can Do It | Balancing The Federal Budget: So Easy A Class Of College Students Can Do It
Photo credit: DonkeyHotey The federal budget deficit for fiscal year 2013 which ended on September 30 was the smallest since before the recent recession. At $680 billion it has dropped 50 percent from the peak during the recession. Before a... |
3a4646f168ae693cea7143dc3cc70690 | https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2013/12/22/religion-is-good-for-all-of-us-even-those-who-dont-follow-one/ | Religion Is Good For All Of Us, Even Those Who Don't Follow One | Religion Is Good For All Of Us, Even Those Who Don't Follow One
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In honor of Christmas and the holiday season, I thought I might write a little lighter column, with a religious focus to fit the festive mood. So, with that in mind, in a country divided over which... |
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