<![CDATA[NYAS > Environmental Sciences]]> <![CDATA[NYAS > Environmental Sciences]]> en-us &copy;2008 New York Academy of Sciences, all rights reserved. Sun, 12 Oct 2008 20:13:02 EDT Biocatalysts and Biosurfactants: Harnessing Biology for Green Chemistry Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT Microbial products can take the place of toxic chemicals in some chemical syntheses, reducing undesirable impacts on the environment and human health.

]]> Carbon Management: Findings of the McKinsey Report on Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions Tue, 20 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT Energy efficiency and strong, coordinated policies will be critical to containing the net costs of mitigating climate change, a recent economic study argues.

]]> Coal Without Guilt?: Technologies for Zero-Emission Power Plants Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT There appears to be no immediate way around coal as an energy source, although its burning is a major contributor to climate change. Could CO<sub>2</sub> emissions be captured and made useful?

]]> Climate Change: What We Know and What We Can Do Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT Scientists now largely agree that Earth is warming because of human activity. How hot it gets will depend largely on how policy makers respond. A recent teach-in at the Academy focused on strategies for adapting.

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