Topic: Rochester Institute of Technology
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Unexpected legacy of wildfires and other emergency events: innovation
While wildfires, hurricanes, tsunamis, and other emergency events leave behind devastation, they also create the impetus for investment in new technologies and life-saving innovation.
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California ready to cut greenhouse gases. Next, doing it.
After five years, California has put in place rules to cut greenhouse-gas emissions statewide back to 1990 levels. But lingering effects of the recession have pushed implementation back a year to 2013.
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Renewable energy: Will new law help or hurt California economy?
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation requiring California utilities to obtain 33 percent of their electricity from renewable energy sources by 2020.
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Jerry Brown's tough choice: green energy in hard economic times
With Jerry Brown now governor, California lawmakers are resurrecting an idea vetoed by Arnold Schwarzenegger: Make utilities buy at least 33 percent of electricity from renewable sources.
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If Proposition 23 passes, will other greenhouse-gas laws fall?
California's 2008 law to limit greenhouse-gas emissions is seen as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's biggest achievement. If it is undone by Proposition 23, other similar laws could follow, experts say.
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Unsure how to vote in California primary election, many turn to Twitter
Voters in the California primary election and elsewhere cast increasingly cluttered ballots Tuesday, and many first turned to social media for a personal touch to help shape their opinions.
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Two giant black holes surprise scientists with unexpected behavior
Two new studies have turned up some surprising results and could help explain the evolution of galaxies.
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Snow hits Illinois primary: how bad weather changes elections
Bad weather may have depressed turnout among Chicago voters in Illinois' primary elections for governor and the Senate seat once held by Obama. Historically, that's good news for Republicans.
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Schwarzenegger veto of renewable-energy bill could be risky
The California governor wants to use his own plan to push the state toward using 33 percent renewable energy by 2010. But it might not be legal.
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Photojournalism enters a golden age
As the importance of real-time news and images rise, photojournalism is gaining greater cultural currency.
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A new law hurts small toy stores and toymakers
New regulations banning harmful chemicals in children's items has had unintended consequences for small businesses and crafters.
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