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theenergycollective.com - 6/28/2009
Corn Ethanol blamed for Gulf Dead Zones?
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In recent years, there has been great uncertainty regarding the cause of the hypoxic zone (low oxygen) in the northern Gulf of Mexico. This has often been the result of a lack of data to support many of the prevailing theories regarding the size, duration and source of the problem. This paper ...
guardian.co.uk - 6/29/2009
Rising seas to submerge New Orleans coastline by 2100
— guardian.co.uk — Scientists say between 10,000 and 13,500 square kilometres of coastal land around New Orleans will go underwater... due to rising sea levels and subsidence A vast swath of the coastal lands around New Orleans will be underwater by the dawn of the next ... (more) Rising seas to submerge New Orleans coastline by 2100

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First Biodiesel Pipeline Starts Operations
greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com - 7/2/2009
First Biodiesel Pipeline Starts Operations
— greeninc.blogs.nytimes.com — A commercial shipment of biodiesel has moved through a pipeline in the United States for the first... time, according to Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, a pipeline company. (more) First Biodiesel Pipeline Starts Operations

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Abuse of science and logic by the National Corn Growers Association
theenergycollective.com - 7/6/2009
Abuse of science and logic by the National Corn Growers Association
— theenergycollective.com — The National Corn Growers Association released a report arguing that there is no connection between the use... of nitrogen fertilizers on corn in the Midwestern US and the seasonal “Dead Zone” in the Gulf of Mexico. There is no point mincing words about what this “analytical white paper”. It is ... (more) Abuse of science and logic by the National Corn Growers ...

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