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AnalysisOnline, a service of The Communications Institute, is dedicated to providing objective, non-partisan analysis from many of the nation's leading academic and research institutions with a focus on economics, science, and engineering.
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Energy & America
A special edition educational DVD featuring top experts from the June 15 National Energy Symposium. Learn about the future of the world's energy resources from Caltech Professor Nathan S. Lewis and Harvard professors Henry Lee and Joseph P. Kalt. Click here to purchase.
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Institute Energy Programs
Confronting the Energy Needs
of the Nation:
An Honest Assessment
Meeting America's energy needs while dealing with environmental initiatives is a major challenge for the United States. In 2008 the Institute is expanding its educational programs on energy with the first of several studies assessing statewide energy demand and supply in several western states. The Institute helped spawn a new primer on energy published by the National Academy of Science. See the information below.
Powering Arizona 2025 - Energy Forum - June 11, 2008 - A special energy forum will be held June 11th for leaders in Arizona from the public and private sector to review the research from the study focusing on Arizona's long term energy demand. Many states are now evaluating their energy needs. Click here for details.
AnalysisOnline - Throughout the week, the Institute provides content on energy in relationship to the news of the day from many of the best research institutions in the nation. Check out the online resources on energy. A new primer from the National Academy of Sciences will soon be available online through joint efforts by the Institute working with the NAS.
Arizona Energy Study - The first study focuses on energy supply and demand in Arizona. The research staff includes top scholars from Penn State University and Arizona State University with world energy experience. The study will be released later this spring at a special conference in Phoenix.
Click here for more details on energy programs.
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"What You Need To Know About Energy" is a special booklet produced by the National Academy of Sciences with contributions from The Communications Institute and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The information in the booklet was derived from data provided by the Energy Information Administration and National Research Council reports.
As the nationwide debate over the sources and forms of energy continues, it is evident that managing energy use wisely in the 21st century calls for balancing three essential, but quite different, concerns: resources, responsibility, and security.
"What You Need To Know About Energy" begins with a description of the status of energy today, and a survey of the nation's energy demand versus the world's available supply. It then looks ahead to the quest for greater energy efficiency and emerging technologies. The goal of the booklet is to
present an accurate picture of America's current energy needs and to describe options that are likely to play a significant role in our energy future.
The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is an honorific society of distinguished scholars engaged in scientific and engineering research, dedicated to the furtherance of science and technology and to their use for the general welfare.
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Decision at the Crossroads
A Community Forum
March 14, 2008
sponsored by
Arizona Daily Star
Thomas R. Brown Foundations
University of Arizona and The Communications Institute
 With the agenda including insights from three national experts, a forum on growth at the University of Arizona Tucson campus brought together planners, environmentalists, economists, and state officials to begin determining strategies to lead Tucson and its projected population growth of 500,000 or more into the middle of the century (according to the EBRC Economic Outlook, 2008-2009.)
The forum drew a crowd of 600 on the heels of an Arizona growth survey conducted by the Arizona Daily Star.
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Immigration in Society
Immigration will be the subject of 2008 Institute Programs with a focus on economics. The programs and research provide through the Institute's AnalysisOnline will be targeted to reach policy makers, media, and opinion leaders.
Check out the December 11, 2007 forum at Arizona State University chaired by the Democratic and Republican leaders of the Arizona State Senate. Nov. 16, 2006 symposium in Arizona State Capitol and see complete coverage of the symposium on AnalysisOnline. Watch for details on other immigration programs and research projects.
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ECONOMICS PROGRAMS 2008
Energy, growth and immigration will be the focus of the 2008 Communications Institute Economics programs. A spring journalism seminar on growth will be held in Tucson followed by another growth symposium later in the year. TCI's work on immigration continues in 200. The year will also feature two new studies on energy completed with partnering academic institutions and will feature several energy symposium. The TCI Economics Program is joint program with the Thomas R. Brown Foundations. See primers on economics, the economics of energy and the economics of immigration on analysisonline.org
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RISK IN SOCIETY
Risk analysis, like economics, is a critical element in policy making and individual decision-making. This program aims to provide an understanding of risk analysis as it applies to issues like natural disasters, the insurance industry and terrorism. Click here to view past programs. Coming soon on AnalysisOnline a basic primer on understanding risk and how to assess issues. Check out The Dose Makes the Poison - a special primer on how to understand issues involving toxic substances and their impact on public health and safety.
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