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Column: Berkeley-BP Deal Only Looks Worse Post-Spill
In 2007, British Petroleum donated $500 million in research funds to U. California-Berkeley and partners to develop new sources of energy - primarily biotechnology to produce biofuel crops. Robert A.
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Column: Cold winters, hot summers – Inconsistent coverage of global warming
All too often you hear the debate over global climate change. As students, we have the opportunity to learn from professionals. We can choose to take relevant courses, research on our own through our library or attend a lecture on campus. Ordinary citizens do not have these options.
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Researchers monitor increasing number of toxic algal blooms
Not many people have heard of algal blooms, but researchers have proved them to be hazardous to your health. The incidences of these blooms, which come from phytoplankton, are increasing, calling for a parallel increase in monitoring of their growth.
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New, greener adhesive tape created
A new, green adhesive was the result of an unforeseen event that took place in OSU's College of Forestry lab. Kaichang Li, a forestry professor at Oregon State U., was working on a new environmentally friendly adhesive that would essentially be hot glue. While Dr.
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Column: Spill’s small solutions
As a cap has temporarily stopped oil gushing from the broken BP rig, students and residents are left to wonder what to do now — especially as oil has already washed ashore in Pensacola and on beaches in other Gulf Coast states.
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Column: Toxic waste ban shows promising signs of bipartisanship
When news broke last week that EnergySolutions will not be dumping radioactive nuclear waste from Italy into Tooele County, I was ecstatic.
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Column: The ghosts of disasters past
In 1969, an environmental catastrophe was brewing in the waterways of northeastern Ohio. The Cuyahoga River, which meanders its way through a lush valley, passes through Cleveland and eventually empties into Lake Erie, was dying.
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Column: Beyond recycling threats
From the moment I entered junior high school, the words: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, were branded into my brain by one adamant, on the verge of obsessive, social-studies teacher. This overzealous man was in charge of lunch periods.
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Column: BP did not learn from its mistakes
Three months, 13 human lives, millions of barrels of oil, one public relations disaster and immeasurable environmental damage later, BP shows no signs of having learned its lesson.
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