- -: LIFE: Clean Energy from Water
June 30, 2010 (almost 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/06/16/Ed_Moses_Clean_Fusion_Power_This_Decade Ed Moses, Director for the National Ignition Facility, describes NIF's plan to move fusion energy from the lab to the grid using the Laser Inertial Fusion Engine, or LIFE. The conceptual mechanism would harness ...
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- -: Poop to Plastic: Turning Biological Waste into Biodegradable Plastics
November 18, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/conference/american_water_summit John Bissell, CEO of Micromidas Inc., describes the technology behind his company's mission to convert biological waste like municipal sewage into environmentally friendly plastics. ----- CEOs of five early-stage compan...
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- -: We've Spent 5.93M Years Playing WoW...?!?
January 27, 2011 (over 13 years ago)Complete Premium video at: http://fora.tv/partner/Gamification_Summit Jane McGonigal, author of Reality Is Broken, points to the 3 billion hours the world invests every week in online gaming as a clear indicator that many people are not being sufficiently challenged in their day-to-day lives. "5...
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- -: Fast Nuclear Reactors: An Inexhaustible Source of Energy?
March 9, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2010/10/06/A_Low-Carbon_Future_The_Nuclear_Question Barry Brook, Director of Climate Science at The University of Adelaide Environment Institute, discusses the potential impact of fast nuclear reactors. He explains that by recycling and reusing nuclear waste, th...
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- -: Mike Rowe's Dirtiest Job? Replacing the Poop Pump
May 31, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/05/22/Dirty_Jobs_Mike_Rowe_Chats_with_Makers_at_Maker_Faire Speaking at the 2011 Maker Faire, Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe recalls a memorable (for all the wrong reasons) visit to a San Francisco sewage treatment facility. Rowe, who vividly describes the dirty...
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- -: Waste Hierarchy: How an iPad Gets Recycled
November 14, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2011/10/26/Taking_Out_GEs_Trash Tom Szaky, CEO and founder of Terracycle, describes the recycling process for electronic devices. "Each type of waste stream has what we call a waste hierarchy," says Szaky. He explains that while many electronics are refurbished,...
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- -: 4/18/09: Your Weekly Address
April 17, 2009 (about 15 years ago)With the process of going through the budget line by line in full swing, the President uses his Weekly Address to give some examples, big and small, of how the Administration is working to cut costs and eliminate waste. The President also announces two new key appointments, Jeffrey Zients as Chi...
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- -: Reality Check: Eliminating Waste in Medicare Advantage Will Not Affect Benefits
September 22, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Mike Hash of the White House Office of Health Reform gets into deeper detail on how reform would eliminate wasteful subsidies to insurance companies in the Medicare Advantage program, without hurting benefits or care and leaving the trust fund intact. To the contrary, it will strengthen Medicare...
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- -: President Obama Signs National Defense Authorization Act
October 28, 2009 (over 14 years ago)The President is joined by Vice President Joe Biden, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and others as he signs a bill that will both provide for the countrys security and defense as well as eliminate billions of dollars in waste. October 28, 2009. (Public Domain)
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- -: The Campaign To Cut Waste
June 13, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)President Barack Obama and Vice President Joe Biden speak about the Administration's ongoing effort to make government more accountable to the American people through The Campaign to Cut Waste. The Campaign To Cut Waste will build on the Accountable Government Initiative, led by OMB Director Jac...
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