2 ASU Scientists Nominated for "Green" Jet-Fuel Alternative
blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com — Two scientists at Arizona State University's polytechnic campus may have found a slimy green alternative to the world's oil crisis: Algae. No joke. Scientists Qiang Hu and Milton Sommerfeld can convert algae into jet fuel -- a discovery that may just land them a World Technology Award tomorrow More…
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sarafina42AAA Expands Roadside Assistance ... to Bicycles?
dailyfinance.com — Is the idea of AAA for bikes crazy? In a seeming effort of inclusiveness, the automotive organization recently shed its full name, and now goes officially by its acronym, it has never been particularly bike-friendly. In fact, the association lobbies *against* public transportation funding. More…
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Time-Series Photos From Space of Aral Sea Death
wired.com — The destruction of the Aral Sea is one of the great engineering disasters of the 20th century, a mistake on a scale so vast that photographs from space are needed to capture it. When Soviet officials decided to divert its rivers, the Aral Sea was the world’s 4th largest lake, covering an area the size of Ireland. Now it’s less than a tenth of that. More…
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New, Highly Toxic Pesticide: 4780 Times More Potent Than CO2
enn.com — Dow AgroSciences proposes using sulfuryl fluoride to sterilize soil in farm fields. They want to release 32,435 lbs of sulfuryl fluoride on 65 acres of test plots in Florida, Georgia, Texas, and California. Releasing just 10% of that amount into the air would be equivalent to releasing 15.5 million pounds of carbon dioxide! More…
biofriendlyblogSustainable Farming is Being Destroyed to Eradicate E. Coli
sfgate.com — A great story in the SF Chronicle about how major produce buyers are imposing scorched-earth policies on hundreds of thousands of acres where spinach and other leafy greens are grown--in a misguided attempt to eradicate E. Coli. Trees are being bulldozed, animals are being killed, and wastelands of bare dirt are being put in as buffers. More…
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