http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu Mon, 20 May 2013 14:45:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/19/rare-earth-metals-will-we-have-enough/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/19/rare-earth-metals-will-we-have-enough/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 15:21:01 +0000 Renee Cho http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=30542 Cell phones, iPads, laptops, televisions, hybrid cars, wind turbines, solar cells and many more products depend on rare earth metals to function. Will there be enough for us to continue our high-tech lifestyle and transition to a renewable energy economy? ]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/19/rare-earth-metals-will-we-have-enough/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/10/peru-mining/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/10/peru-mining/#comments Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:18:11 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=30102 In Africa, Asia and Latin America, the development of the mining industry has often been accompanied by violence and community-led social protest. To halt these protests, young democratic institutions have, in various cases, turned to authoritarian dogmas. Researcher Dr. Triscritti illustrates how in Peru these practices are decreasing the chances of reaching durable and peaceful agreements.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/09/10/peru-mining/feed/ 2 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/03/remembering-resource-interdependence/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/03/remembering-resource-interdependence/#comments Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:24:33 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=28959 Legislating revenue transparency injects fairness into resource equations, but it remains the map rather than the territory. The deeper dilemma is that we no longer have a language to describe the territory.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2012/08/03/remembering-resource-interdependence/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/03/domo-arigato-mr-farinato/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/03/domo-arigato-mr-farinato/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 13:30:51 +0000 Benjamin Preston http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/?p=14361 Columbia Water Center guest lecturer Raymond Farinato talks about increasing water supply by reusing wastewater in industrial applications.]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/05/03/domo-arigato-mr-farinato/feed/ 0 http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/climate-news-roundup-week-of-614/ http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/climate-news-roundup-week-of-614/#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:56:39 +0000 Tristan Jones http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/climate/?p=1895 ...]]]> http://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2010/06/24/climate-news-roundup-week-of-614/feed/ 0