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"But all is not quiet on the farm. In the Senate, tensions over corn’s new role..." Nice summary over the battle for alternative fuel policy on Capitol Hill courtesy of The Council on Foreign Relations. Includes the repeal of tax breaks to Big Oil & Gas, aversions to a review of the 2002 Farm Bill, as well as alternatives to corn (Switchgrass) for producing Ethanol and other biofuels. |
| $25 Million Prize Offered to the Person or Group that Can Heal the Earth |
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"Could it be possible to find someone on Earth who could devise a way of removing the lethal amount of CO2 from the Earth's atmosphere?" asks Sir Richard Branson , Chairman of The Virgin Group , with former Vice President Al Gore at his side, during the announcement of the Virgin Earth Challenge in London last Friday (February 9th). The challenge offers a prize of $25 million for the scientist who comes up with a way of extracting greenhouse gases from the earth's atmosphere. Read the full story at Phyorg.com.
(Photo by JS Barrie via Creative Commons and Flickr)
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