New developments in the patenting, production and use of genetically modified (“GM”) food crops and products are getting press nearly every day. While some may worry about the spread of artificially created genetic material through native plants, it is interesting to see the market penetration of those GM products in corn, cotton, and soybeans [...]
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Fukushima Dai-ichi A centerpiece of initiatives to free the United States from dependence on foreign oil and greenhouse gas emitting coal-fired utilities is the construction of new nuclear power plants. MidAmerican Energy here in Iowa has even begun a lobbying effort to clear the regulatory and rate-making underbrush to make it easier to [...] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) proposes to charge for the use of Missouri River water. As background, the federal 1944 Flood Control Act, Public Law 78-534, created the Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program. This resulted in the construction of six dams and reservoirs on the Missouri River. The purpose of the Pick-Sloan [...] A federal bankrupcty judge recently approved a plan offered by Motors Liquidation Co., f/k/a General Motors, to create a $773 Million environmental trust to fund the cleanup of 89 old GM plants. This reportedly includes $536 Million to cover cleanup costs and $300 Million demolition. No word on how this figure was arrived at [...] |
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