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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

These include offsetting greenhouse gas production by purchasing carbon credits, investing in more efficient gas turbine engines, using sustainable aviation fuel, and manufacturing with novel materials and 3D printing methods. Companies such as GE Aviation and Safran are working on improving engine efficiency in order to reduce emissions.

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Consumer Warning Labels Aren’t Working

Harvard Business

” Our reasoning is that the present system fails miserably at distinguishing between large and small risks. The problem with our present warning system is that it shouts “Danger!” Such a system is of little value; people quickly learn to ignore warnings since they encounter vastly more puppies than wolves.

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How the Internet of Things Can Prepare Cities for Natural Disasters

Harvard Business

When a disaster strikes, federal, state, and local governments need a coordinated strategy, accessible data, and a skilled workforce to manage the response. Using the most current technology could help them more efficiently and safely address these costly disasters. filo/Getty Images. Since 1980 the U.S. Since 1980 the U.S.

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The Future Economy Project: Advice from Sustainability Experts

Harvard Business

Toffel: I thought Paul Polman was spot-on when he was breaking down the challenge of corporate sustainability into tactical and systemic issues. But then more pressingly, I think, he talks about the need for system change. Winston : I agree with Mike that the focus on system change was notable. Andrew Liveris.

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6 Ways the North American Clean Economy Agreement Will Affect Business

Harvard Business

Aligning appliance, equipment, and vehicle fuel efficiency standards. But just looking at these big commitments, they’ll clearly reverberate through governments and business in six key ways. Let’s unpack what it means for the energy system. But all of the above assumes some continuity of government.

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Research: Stale Office Air Is Making You Less Productive

Harvard Business

One common international standard that governs how much air is brought in from outside, “Ventilation for Acceptable Indoor Quality,” does not even purport to assure “healthy” air quality. We modeled costs under four different types of ventilation systems in U.S. But these standards aren’t very high.

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Is There a Shortage of Skilled Workers? My Own Personal Experiences

MishTalk

But in a new report , my Center for Immigration Studies colleague Karen Zeigler and I analyze the latest government data and find what other researchers have found: The country has well more than twice as many workers with STEM degrees as there are STEM jobs. That job ended when Chase and Chemical merged. million STEM jobs vs. 12.1