STUFF

GOP House broke debt spending record. $1.59T in 1 term. Spent more than 1st 97 Congresses combined. Natl debt now $15.77T. Rediculous.

Rare earths in coal ash?

China ended nuke moratorium.

Copenhagen to go with offshore wind, EV's, bike paths, E-efficient bldgs to become 1st C-neutral capitol by '25. $4.7B price tag.

Sequoia Natl Forest threatened by fire.

IEA: Chinese NG demand to double by '17.

Report: drought-tolerant GM crops failing to live up to promise.

Ohio 3rd Frontier awarded $100K to Eco2Capture to commercialize algae tech development at Ohio U. Membranes increase productivity of algae with very inexpensive, just-in-time CO2 to promote photosynth.

India put on hold state-sponsored 300K hectare jatropha plantation development because of study showing jatropha not financially viable and could threaten food security.

Inventure, based at U of Ala biz incubator, exploring kudzu as biofuels feedstock.

Royal DSM (Denmark) qualified as enzymes supplier for DONG/Inbicon's wheat straw-to-cellulosic ethanol process. Enzymes successful in demo refinery in Den - world's largest-scale cell eth demo plant in op @ 1.5M gal/yr cap. Sells product to Statoil. Novozymes, Genencor already qualified for Inbicon process.

Glaciers in Rwenzori Mts - Uganda, Congo - expected to be gone in decade or two.

Small mining comps inching closer to exploiting rich deposits of metals, minerals in seafloors.

Alert system in beta test pinpoints areas in world being deforested (when >40% of forest area in >2 sq mile block has lost greenness in past 12 months).