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Power politics in Japan: A silent majority speaks | The Economist - http://www.economist.com/node/21554239?fsrc=scn/tw/te/ar/asilentmajorityspeaks

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The Japanese government is launching a large-scale cleanup of the fields, forests, and villages contaminated by the Fukushima nuclear disaster. But some experts caution that an overly aggressive remediation program could create a host of other environmental problems.

Read More: http://e360.yale.edu/feature/as_fukushima_cleanup_begins_long-term_impacts_are_weighed/2482/

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As a Fortune 500 company's fracking activities in rural West Virginia leave a polluted and drastically altered landscape, locals are fighting back.

"To bring natural gas from the Marcellus Shale to the earth’s surface, an army of trucks and machinery is needed. First, seismic testing locates the sought-after gas deposits. The pad site is then prepared—trees are cleared, the ground is leveled and a cement slab poured—to hold the derrick, trucks and other equipment. Then the well is drilled thousands of feet down. (The Shale runs about a mile below the earth’s surface.) Next, steel piping is run to the end of the well and reinforced on the outside with freshly poured concrete. Finally, the well is fracked—pumped at high pressure with water, sand, and chemicals—to fracture the underground rock and release the gas."

Read more: http://www.guernicamag.com/features/3320/kramer_12_15_11/

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Carbon Sciences Inc., has developed a technology that uses natural gas to make liquid transportation fuels, enabling the world to reduce dependence on petroleum. Now, Carbon Sciences has announced that its technology could be used to make CarbonCrude, an ultra-clean and environmentally friendly version of synthetic crude oil.
 
According to Byron Elton, CEO, Carbon Sciences, CarbonCrude can be blended with natural crude oil and can be transported using existing oil pipelines. This blend can be refined in existing refineries and can be converted into a variety of products including transportation fuels.
 
CarbonCrude is manufactured using a two-step process.…

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The case of the missing gas mileage - http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-01-case-gas-mileage.html

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Germany’s government has decided to shutter all 17 of its nuclear plants (23 reactors); eight plants are now closed for business, six more will be closed by 2021, and the final three will close by 2022. What is lacking is an honest discussion of the rising cost Germans will pay for electricity for what The Economist describes as “the greatest change of political course since unification.” - http://www.powermag.com/issues/departments/speaking_of_power/Irrational-Exuberance_4176.html?hq_e=el

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The Santa Fe Science Café for Young Thinkers presents Graydon Anderson, a chemist, discussing “What Is Clean Coal And Why Do We Need It?” (Part 4/4)

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The Santa Fe Science Café for Young Thinkers presents Graydon Anderson, a chemist, discussing “What Is Clean Coal And Why Do We Need It?” (Part 3/4)

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The Santa Fe Science Café for Young Thinkers presents Graydon Anderson, a chemist, discussing "What Is Clean Coal And Why Do We Need It?" (Part 1/4).

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