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Redressing the Overlooked Threat of Pollutants to Marine Invertebrates

October 22, 2007 – 2:15 am

TreeHugger
Nothing sells an environmental campaign more effectively than an association with a charismatic animal. Whether it be a dolphin, penguin or kitten makes little difference - we’re all suckers for a pretty face. Tim Verslycke, a biologist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, thinks this may be why we’ve largely overlooked the plight of […]

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China to Cancel Project to Turn Coal into Liquid Fuel

June 13, 2007 – 10:27 am

TreeHugger
China’s plans to put part of its abundant coal supply to use as methanol are likely being scrapped, over concerns about the great costs and energy required to liquefy coal. That coal mining is already quite dirty and that the coal-to-liquid (CTL) process produces large amounts of pollutants and greenhouse gases was not explicitly mentioned […]

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