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Water resources finally get their day in Congress

July 23, 2008 – 2:09 pm

Ethanol plants like this Adkins Energy LLC plant in Lena, Ill. use an average of four gallons of water per gallon of fuel they produce. When irrigated corn is used that number can balloon to nearly 1,000 gallons of water. (Photo by Rob Runyan)
By Rob Runyan/Medill
Watergy
No, it’s not the newest vitamin-enhanced thirst quencher on the [...]

By Rob Runyan | Posted in Politics and The Environment | Also tagged Barack, Barack Obama, Bart Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology, Congress, corn, corn prices, Election 2008, energy independence, energy security, ethanol, John McCain, policy, renewable energy, Renewable Fuel Standard, RFS, Rick Perry, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, Texas, The National Water Research and Development Initiative, water, watergy | Comments

The Butterfly Effect:From McCain’s Lips to the New Mexico Desert

June 16, 2008 – 1:12 pm

The butterfly effect theorizes that a change in something innocuous can have huge consequences, that the flapping of a butterfly’s wings might create a tornado on the other side of the world. Read more here.

By susangra | Posted in Uncategorized | Also tagged John McCain, Native Americans, Nuclear Power, Uranium | Comments

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