Uber goes public – TechCrunch

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Scalable, low cost technologies needed to repair climate, Cambridge professor suggests – TechCrunch

Cambridge University has proposed setting up a research center tasked with coming up with scalable technological fixes for climate change. The proposed Center for Climate Repair is being co-ordinated by David King, an emeritus professor in physical chemistry at the university and also the UK government’s former chief scientific adviser. Speaking to the BBC this…