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Sales of light duty trucks edged back past those of passenger cars in September 2008, capturing a 50.3% share for the month. The national average price of gasoline (all grades) is plotted in green. Click to enlarge. Sales of new light-duty vehicles in the US plunged to 964,873 units in September, a 26.6% drop [...]

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This past weekend, undercover operatives from Greenpeace tested the DNA of fish served in several London-based restaurants that are part of a chain known as Nobu. The restaurants are partially owned by actor Robert De Niro. The tested fish were discovered to be endangered bluefin tuna. In an incredibly stupid response, Nobu’s principal manager [...]

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RTI International will partner with Süd-Chemie, Inc. to investigate the effects of a select group of contaminants present in synthesis gas—derived from gasification of a coal/biomass mixture on catalysts—used in subsequent reaction process operations to make fuels. Selected contaminants include hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, sodium chloride, potassium chloride, arsine, hydrogen selenide and mercury. The partners [...]

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A scientist named Tim Bean, who is a PhD student at the University of California Berkeley writes the following on a website: “I expect that ‘Counting Rats from Space,’ the proposed title of my thesis, will become an international phenomenon, spawning everything from a board game to a Top 40 dance hall burner.” His [...]

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The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe. Running through many major cities, like Vienna, Budapest, and Belgrade, the Danube has been an urban, agricultural, and industrial dumping ground for years. The result was systemic pollution , especially from excessive nutrients, organic material, and hazardous substances. Unfortunately, given the length of the Danube and [...]

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