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Snippets from the news
• Critics bemoan diminished role of science in U.S. policy. • Ecosystem damage costs us trillions each year. • Solar plane takes off. • Railroads play up their green image. • Germany will cut solar-power subsidies. • Guerrilla gardeners attack!
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Researchers aim to turn animal waste into plastic
File this under “ew”: Researchers in New Zealand have developed a process to convert animal protein waste — that’d be blood and feathers — into plastic. “The material we can produce has the strength of polyethylene, the plastic used in milk bottles and plastic supermarket bags, but it’s fully biodegradable,” says Dr. Johan Verbeek, adding, […]
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White House admits humans causing climate change
The White House has begrudgingly admitted that “most of the recent global warming is very likely due to human generated increases in greenhouse gas concentrations.” In a 271-page report — court-ordered and four years late — federal scientists have created a “one-stop shop” summary of potential climate impacts on the U.S. environment, economy, and public […]
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Inconvenient Truth gives an encore — as an opera
Climate change ain’t over ’til the fat Albert sings …
