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Midwest Geological Carbon Sequestration Consortium
Midwest Geological Sequestration Consortium Special Session, North-Central Division GSA The ISGS/MGSC has convened a special session, Carbon Sequestration Moving Carbon Dioxide from the Atmosphere to the Lithosphere , for a meeting of the North-Central Division of the Geological Society of ...
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Ground Zero For C02's First "Big Sink" Located In Obama's Homeland
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As lawmakers in Washington scramble to figure out how to avert the financial catastrophe caused by "toxic assets," our lawmakers in Springfield are preparing to vote on jumpstarting a new generation of the mother of all toxic assets, nuclear power ...