Ethanol: Growing Food, Feed, Fiber, and Fuel?
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To learn more about the Farm Bill and purchase a copy of Food Fight please visit www.foodfight2012.org Most analysts agree that we are rapidly approaching “peak oil,” the point when the volume of global oil production begins to decline.
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Encyclopedia of Life reaches historic one million species pages milestone

Posted: 09 May 2012 09:37 AM PDT

The Encyclopedia of Life has surged past one million pages of content with the addition of hundreds of thousands of new images and specimen data. Launched in 2007 with the support of leading scientific organizations around the world, the Encyclopedia of Life provides global access to knowledge about life on Earth by building a web page for each of the 1.9 million recognized species.

Finding the roots and early branches of the tree of life

Posted: 19 Apr 2012 04:17 PM PDT

A new study maps the development of life-sustaining chemistry to the history of early life. Researchers have traced the six methods of carbon fixation seen in modern life back to a single ancestral form.

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Nuclear proliferation: Time to bury plutonium Nature.com This proposal matches that of the United States — to use already-separated plutonium as an alternative fuel for existing nuclear power reactors. France and Japan, the other nations with significant stockpiles, combine this approach with the dangerous … See all stories on this topic »

Over 1300 tubes damaged at Calif. nuclear plant KFMB Richard Lugar is considered a visionary who looked beyond US exuberance over the end of the Cold War and saw the dangers and opportunities in the collapse of a nuclear-armed Soviet Union.More >> Celebrity hairstylist Vidal Sassoon, … See all stories on this topic »

‘Consuming plutonium for producing energy is the superior option’ The Hindu A paper published today (May 10) in Nature states that the process of converting plutonium to MOX (mixed oxide fuel containing uranium and reprocessed plutonium) for use in fast breeder reactors is costly, risky. It does not address the central issue … See all stories on this topic » The Hindu

Sizewell power plant’s future fears raised Coastal Scene The message will include the name and email address you gave us when you signed up. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. EDF, the owners of the Sizewell nuclear power plant hope to build the new station at site near Southwold … See all stories on this topic » Coastal Scene

Nuclear security agency signs another non-HEU medical isotope production agreement Government Security News The agency in charge of securing dangerous and potentially dangerous nuclear materials in the US signed on another company to produce critical medical radioisotopes without using highly-enriched uranium (HEU). The National Nuclear Security … See all stories on this topic »

Iowa (and Bill Gates) could lead the way UI The Daily Iowan None of these plants have blown up, and none have released dangerous levels of radiation into our communities. Nuclear plants produce no dreaded CO2. Most of us do not even know where the plants, located in 31 different states, are. The plants have not … See all stories on this topic »

Radiation risks: Raiders of the lost archive Nature.com Fearful of a nuclear attack by the United States, the Soviet Union wanted to understand how radiation damages tissues and causes diseases such as cancer. Concerns about home-grown accidents, such as the 1957 disaster at the Mayak nuclear plant close to … See all stories on this topic »

Tough Talk From Environmental Activist Dr. Helen Caldicott Huffington Post (blog) Dr. Helen Caldicott has passionately devoted the last 40 years to educating the global community about the inherent risks and dangers of nuclear energy and weapons and the critical changes needed to restore and help save our embattled Earth. See all stories on this topic »

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Sydney CSG plans stalled

Updated: 04:45, Thursday May 10, 2012

Reported plans to extract coal seam gas in a Sydney suburb appear to have stalled, with Marrickville Council using local planning rules to stymie Dart Energy’s efforts, although the decision may be tested in court.

The company, meanwhile says it’s just carrying out a land use study across its Sydney licence, including the suburb of St Peters, and has no current plans for CSG mining in St Peters.

The company that owns the supposed site, Dial-a-Dump, has dismissed reports the company has already agreed to let Dart use its Holland Street land, saying there is no deal with the mining company permitting the exploration for, or the mining of, coal seam gas.