Internet giants told: Accept cyber curbs to be welcome in China
Google and Facebook will have to accept China’s censorship and tough online laws if they want access to its 751 million internet users ...
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AXA: 4C warming makes the world uninsurable
Insurance giant AXA has announced a quadrupling of its 2020 green investment target from $3.53 billion to $14.13 billion as the company's CEO warned more than 4 degrees Celsius of warming this century would make the world "uninsurable."
English universities risk multimillion-pound fines under OfS
English universities could face fines of millions of pounds for breaching the conditions of their registration with the new higher education regulator.
Hampshire College goes 100 percent solar
Hundreds of US colleges and universities are taking action to combat global warming, but so far just one residential college has turned 100 percent to renewable energy: Hampshire College.
Where the grass Is greener
Study finds humanities and social science Ph.D.s working outside academe are happier than their tenure-track peers, even if "alt-ac" careers weren't their first choice.
U.S. companies deconstruct China’s recycling import ban
Some Western companies see China's upcoming crackdown on imported waste as an opportunity to upgrade their operations and use more recyclables in their own manufacturing, but challenges abound.
Amazon backs down in Google streaming spat
Amazon has started selling Google's Chromecast devices two years after it originally removed them from its store.
Is Higher Education Really Losing the Public?
New public opinion data suggest that despite significant concerns about prices, most Americans (and many Republicans) believe a postsecondary education is essential.
Reclaiming Appalachia: A Push to Bring Back Native Forests to Coal Country
Previous efforts to restore former coal mine sites in Appalachia have left behind vast swaths of unproductive land.
California remedial classes: A community college ‘segregation machine’
Anthony Rodriguez recalled sitting in a remedial math class at Grossmont College in El Cajon bored out of his mind.
