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    A.I. May Pose Another Potential Danger

    April 2, 2024
    CLARK'S REMARKS: As debate rages about the utility and ethics of artificial intelligence, its impact on the environment is often ignored.
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    Existential Threats and What Engineers Can Actually Do

    March 11, 2024
    CLARK'S REMARKS: So much alarming rhetoric is competing for our time and energy these days. We need to stay focused.
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    Developers v. California's Eroding Coastline

    Feb. 29, 2024
    CLARK'S REMARKS: A look at a new challenge to the California Coastal Commission's authority.
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    LETTER: Don't Dilute Engineering With Politics

    Feb. 23, 2024
    A reader responds to a recent Clark's Remarks column about a newly decided defamation case.
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    When Competing Environmental Interests Collide

    Feb. 21, 2024
    CLARK'S REMARKS: A potential carbon capture and storage project in Wales is pitting its advocates against environmentalists.

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    Burning Iron Offers Surprisingly Sustainable Promise

    Nov. 7, 2023
    CLARK'S REMARKS: Eight years after an influential paper on recyclable metal fuels, the idea has grown into a potential game-changer for reducing carbon emissions.
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    Some Good News on Climate Change, for a Change!

    Oct. 25, 2023
    CLARK'S REMARKS: A new report from the International Energy Agency finds that the pandemic appears to have accelerated global progress on net zero goals.
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    After 10 Years, D.C. Court Rules on 'Fair Use' of ASHRAE Standards

    Oct. 13, 2023
    CLARK'S REMARKS: A federal appeals court has found that noncommercial dissemination of standards already incorporated into law is not copyright infringement.
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    Riding the Wind to Harness Hydrogen

    Sept. 23, 2023
    CLARK'S REMARKS: Promising international efforts are underway to produce clean hydrogen fuel via offshore wind turbines.