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Grass to gas: UGA researchers' genome map speeds biofuel developmentAthens, GA (SPX) Feb 14, 2012 Researchers at the University of Georgia have taken a major step in the ongoing effort to find sources of cleaner, renewable energy by mapping the genomes of two originator cells of Miscanthus x giganteus, a large perennial grass with promise as a source of ethanol and bioenergy. Changsoo Kim, a postdoctoral research associate in the UGA Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory, identified a set of approximately 600 bits of Miscanthus DNA that can serve as diagnostic tools. The next step is to determine wh ... read more |
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 Study: Mandating ethanol wrong solution While many Americans are willing to pay a premium for ethanol fuel, it doesn't justify a government mandate for the fuel, a U.S economist argues. ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: The Falklands again Some say it is the new Meryl Streep movie about Margaret Thatcher coming out in time for the 30th anniversary of her splendid little war. ... more | .. |
 Gulf of Mexico spill: Weatherford says exonerated by court Swiss oil industry subcontractor Weatherford said on Monday that a US court had exonerated it of all charges in connection with the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 Fuel from market waste Mushy tomatoes, brown bananas and overripe cherries - to date, waste from wholesale markets has ended up on the compost heap at best. In future it will be put to better use: Researchers have develop ... more | .. |
 Sustainable land use strategies to support bioenergy Applying 21st century tools and technologies to manage land use, maximize biomass production, and increase the efficiency of processes for extracting energy from renewable resources will enable the ... more | .. |
 Iran 'steals Iraqi oil to beat sanctions' Iran has been systematically plundering large amounts of oil from southern Iraq for years, a theft on a grand scale that's helping the Islamic Republic withstand sanctions aimed at throttling its oil exports, a U.S. security consultancy says. ... more | .. |
 Sudan rebels say six captives are civilian engineers Rebels in Sudan are holding captive six Sudanese civilian engineers who worked with a group of Chinese freed by the rebels several days ago, a spokesman for the insurgents said on Saturday. ... more |
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Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado wins Nobel Peace Prize
US wastewater plants emit double the greenhouse gases in official estimates
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 Iraq begins pumping oil to new Gulf terminal Iraq began pumping oil on Sunday to the first of five floating terminals in the Gulf in a move that will increase its export capacity by 850,000 barrels per day. ... more | .. |
 More environmental rules needed for shale gas In his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama praised the potential of the country's tremendous supply of natural gas buried in shale. He echoed the recommendations for safe extraction m ... more | .. |
 Argentina says Britain has nuclear weapons in Falklands Argentina on Friday accused Britain of sending nuclear weapons to the disputed Falkland islands, while UN leader Ban Ki-moon appealed to both sides to avoid an "escalation" of their sovereignty battle. ... more | .. |
 Chevron-Ecuador arbitration panel set Chevron and the Ecuadoran government agreed to create an arbitration panel to review a $9.5 billion judgment against the oil giant for damage to the Amazon rainforest, activists and the company said Thursday. ... more |
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 Turkey: Gas flows from Azerbaijan resume A technical glitch that all but halted natural gas flows from Azerbaijan and Iran into Turkey this week has been fixed, Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz says. ... more | .. |
 Israel boosts naval forces in gas fields The Israeli government plans to build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal with a sea-based defense radar system off its Mediterranean coast while forming a naval force to protect its rich offshore gas fields against terrorist attack. ... more | .. |
Chevron-Ecuador arbitration panel set: activists Chevron and the Ecuadoran government agreed to create an arbitration panel to review a $9.5 billion judgment against the oil giant for environmental damage to the Amazon rainforest, activists said Thursday. ... more | .. |
India eyes business with sanctions-hit Iran India Thursday said it would send a "huge" trade mission to Iran to explore business opportunities created by sanctions imposed by the West over the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear programme. ... more |
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Europe needs reusable rockets to catch Musk's SpaceX: ESA chief
Lunar mega basin signals radioactive ejecta and reshapes Moon origin story
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WWF urges banks to block Sakhalin oil plan and save whales Environment group WWF on Thursday urged three European banks to block Russian giant Sakhalin Energy's plan to build an oil drilling platform that the group claims could harm the endangered grey whale. ... more | .. |
Israel seeks Cyprus base to guard gas zone Israel is reported to be seeking to deploy fighter aircraft in Cyprus, its partner in developing a natural gas bonanza under the eastern Mediterranean, to protect the vital energy resources. ... more | .. |
 Pennsylvania State Fire Academy Offers Course in Ethanol Response The State Fire Academy is taking its school on the road, beginning with a training course next month on how to respond to ethanol incidents. State Fire Commissioner Ed Mann said the Internatio ... more | .. |
 Enerkem and GreenField Ethanol Announce Quebec's First Waste-to-Biofuels Production Facility At a news conference in Varennes, the Government of Quebec announced its plan to inject $27 million in Quebec's first full-scale commercial cellulosic ethanol plant through the Ministry of Natural R ... more |
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 Commerce returns to Iran-Iraq border river Commercial traffic has resumed on the strategic Shatt al-Arab waterway after a three-decade break with the official opening of a port for oil giant Shell, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 BP surges back into profits, as US criminal trial looms BP returned to profit with a bang last year, posting net earnings of $23.9 billion on Tuesday, as the British energy giant prepared for a criminal trial over the US Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. ... more | .. |
Rebels free 29 Chinese in Sudan A group of 29 Chinese workers taken by rebels in southern Sudan 11 days ago has been freed in good health and flown to Kenya, officials said on Tuesday, after Beijing protested their capture. ... more | .. |
 Italy to hold gas talks as cold snap toll hits 26 Italy was set to hold emergency talks on Tuesday aimed at maximising gas supplies to vulnerable households as the cold snap tightened its grip on the country and the death toll rose to 26. ... more |
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Maria Corina Machado: the face and fire of Venezuela's opposition
Taiwan leader vows stronger air defences to counter 'enemy threats'
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Chinese workers freed in Sudan: foreign ministry A group of Chinese workers "kidnapped" by rebels in southern Sudan 11 days ago have been freed and flown to Kenya, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Commercial traffic resumes on Shatt al-Arab Commercial traffic has resumed on the strategic Shatt al-Arab waterway after 31 years, with the official opening of a port for oil giant Shell, an Iraqi official said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 BP swings into huge profit before US criminal trial BP returned to profit with a bang last year, posting net earnings of $23.9 billion on Tuesday as the British energy giant prepares for a criminal trial linked to the US Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster. ... more | .. |
 America's Economic Future and Clean Energy Potential President Obama's emphasis in last night's State of the Union address on the expansion of clean energy and economic growth is attainable with the help of the one source that literally drives the U.S ... more |
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 Iraqi businessmen shy away from Iranian currency Huge numbers of Iranian pilgrims visit Shiite holy places in Iraq each year but businesses have grown wary of transactions in the Islamic republic's rial as it declines in value under sanctions. ... more | .. |
 Plant power: The ultimate way to 'go green'? Researchers are turning to plants and solar power in the search for new sources of renewable and sustainable energy that can support the transition from rapidly depleting fossil fuels to a bio-based ... more | .. |
 Can economy withstand what oil prices have in store Stop wrangling over global warming and instead reduce fossil-fuel use for the sake of the global economy. That's the message from two scientists, one from the University of Washington and one ... more | .. |
 Putin urges Gazprom to meet cold demand Gazprom should do all it can to meet the natural gas demands of its European customers during a bitter cold wave, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says. ... more |
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