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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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Expansion can open opportunities for new power-plant and transmission developers to undercut utility companies’ profits and take control over the rules that shape the industry’s future. Utility companies are prioritizing their shareholders over the public’s need for cleaner, cheaper, and more reliable energy.

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Apps Put a Psychiatrist in Your Pocket

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Nearly every day since she was a child, Alex Leow, a psychiatrist and computer scientist at the University of Illinois Chicago, has played the piano. The team is considering commercializing this new version in the future, but only following extensive work with industry partners to ensure strict privacy safeguards are in place. “I

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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percent per year over the next four years so that in 2018 there is a ten percent reduction from the baseline. states (Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin) and one Canadian province (Manitoba). percent per year over four years for a total reduction of ten percent by 2018. Coverage: In 2012–50% of emissions.

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