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Corn ethanol production is killing the coastal Gulf of Mexico
December 18, 2007
Corn requires a lot of nitrogen fertilizer, and that nitrogen is inefficiently used by the corn it’s applied to. So a significant percentage of it ends up in the Mississippi River and ultimately in the Gulf of Mexico. There it’s converted into red tides that die off and leave thousands of square miles of Gulf fishery dead. And so more corn grown for conversion into fuel ethanol means more nitrogen and a larger dead area in the Gulf.
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NRG Energy files the first nuclear power building permit since 1978
September 25, 2007
Since the Energy Policy Act of 2005 was made law, I’ve been wondering how long it would take for a company to apply for a new nuclear reactor, and today it happened. It’s about time.
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Anti-global heating claims - a reasonably thorough debunking
July 23, 2007
Global heating is real, and human civilization is the cause. The science has become essentially irrefutable. But deniers continue to make claims that challenge the science of global heating. While this is a necessary and vital part of the scientific process, the claims have all be effectively debunked, and we can no longer wait for better data - the consequences of inaction are too dire to wait. So I have gathered up all the scientific claims I could find into a single place in hopes that some few minds will be changed in the process.
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A Proposal for a Progressive Agenda
July 10, 2007
Progressives have been criticized, sometimes fairly and sometimes not, for not having a coherent agenda that they could unify around. It’s time this changed, and this agenda is something that progressives can, and should, adopt.
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Food prices rise as use of corn-based fuel ethanol increases
June 14, 2007
Global food prices are going up 5% this year - because the biofuel market is driving up the price for grains and vegetable oils 13%. And I think that’s more than just plain nuts - it’s immoral.
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