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Hidden rocks from infant Earth hint at planet's origin
A reservoir of rock that remained intact for 4.5 billion years suggest that Earth's predecessors may have lost their skins
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Abogo: Abode + Go = Beta Web App to Calculate Your Transportation Costs
WorldChanging TeamIs Your Home Less Affordable Than You Think, or More? by Ben Fried This spring, the Chicago-based Center for Neighborhood Technology made a big policy...
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Scientists outline a 20-year master plan for the global renaissance of nuclear energy
Scientists outline a 20-year master plan for the global renaissance of nuclear energy that could see nuclear reactors with replaceable parts, portable mini-reactors, and ship-borne reactors supplying countries with clean energy, in new research.
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Another reason to hate ...
... er, nevermind: James E. Rogers, chairman, president and CEO of Duke Energy, is the featured speaker for the Fall 2010 Harlan Boyles CEO Lecture Series, scheduled for Tuesday, October 12, on the campus of Appalachian State. via www.business.appstate.edu
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Geoengineering = Futurological Greenwashing
Amanda ReedToday, Alex Steffen tweeted "Dale Carrico writes one of the smartest things I've ever read on geoengineering" and linked to this article: "Geo-Engineering" As Futurological...
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Keeping it real
The Obama Administration [yester]day sent a fifth bill for $167.9 million to BP and other responsible parties for response and recovery operations relating to the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. As a responsible party, BP is financially responsible for all costs associated with the response to the spill, including efforts to...
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Scientists test Australia's Moreton Bay as coral 'lifeboat'
An international team of scientists has been exploring Australia's Moreton Bay, close to Brisbane, as a possible 'lifeboat' to save corals from the Great Barrier Reef at risk of extermination under climate change. In a new research paper, they say that corals have been able to survive and flourish in the Bay, which lies well to the south of the main GBR coral zones, during about half of the past 7000 years.
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The Little Book of Shocking Eco Facts
Amanda Reed The publishers of "The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts" is releasing a successor this fall: "The Little Book of Shocking Eco Facts." The...
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Texas petrochemical emissions down, but still underestimated, says study
A thick blanket of yellow haze hovering over Houston as a result of chemical pollution from petroleum products may be getting a little bit thinner, according to a new study. But the new findings -- which have implications for petrochemical-producing cities around the world -- come with a catch, says a team of scientists who participated in the research.
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A S***ty Idea
THIS new British car blows the opposition away - it's powered by human POO. The Bio-Bug has been converted by UK engineers to run on methane gas. Fuel circle ... how methane gets to car Excrement flushed down the loos of just 70 homes is enough to drive it 10,000...
