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Column: Nuclear energy deserves more credit
The Columbia Generating Station, a nuclear power plant, near Richland, Wash. might have its license renewed in May to produce energy until 2043. The plant started up in 1983 and its license expired Jan. 19, 2010.
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Column: Earth Day sucks
I am a committed environmental activist, and I think Earth Day is the bane of the environmental movement. Why? Because every day that we drink, eat, or breathe is “earth day.” Yet Americans officially devote only twenty-four hours to being green deliberately.
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Emperor penguin population much larger than expected
U. Minnesota concluded the first-ever complete population count of emperor penguins in Antarctica, with unexpected results.
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Column: What’s the ‘fracking’ problem?
You may have already spent your lunch money on a donation toward the KONY 2012 effort, but there’s a new fundraising campaign that may actually have more impact than the leaky Invisible Children movement.
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Algae shows promise in biofuel tests
Anyone with a fish tank has probably put plenty of energy into cleaning algae out of water. Within the next decade, though, the energy in algae may be a viable source for fuel, thanks to researchers at Texas A&M U. who are developing an algae biofuel.
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U.S. can store 100 years’ worth of carbon dioxide underground, study finds
The U.S. may have the capacity to store about a century’s worth of America’s carbon dioxide emissions underground in deep saline aquifers, according to a study published last week by Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists.
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Gas prices continue to rise, US to develop more clean energy
The U.S. retail gas prices are climbing across the country -- now at $3.918 a gallon on average, a $0.051 increase from a week ago, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
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Study: Students do not recycle as much as before
A recent study shows the current generation’s college students are less interested in recycling and the environment than past students. According to a study published March 5 in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, fewer students are taking action to help the environment.
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Column: The politics of food
In his 2008 book In Defense of Food: An Eater’s Manifesto, Michael Pollan advised people to restore simplicity to food practices. Pollan’s message, clearly encapsulated as, “Eat food. Not too much.
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