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Algae Biofuel Could Turn Waterway Nuisance into Renewable Energy

Sealed Bags Producing Ethanol from Algae in the sun.
Algenol Biofuels, located in Southwest Florida, was founded in 2006 and is a young, but rapidly developing and sophisticated company.  What makes this company different than other young businesses; they are producing ethanol using algae. Algae, simple photosynthetic plants that live in water, are among some of the oldest living organisms on earth.  Most species
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to Speak on Environmental Responsibility

Carroll University
In an event sponsored by Carroll University Student Affairs, Carroll Student Senate and the University of Wisconsin-Waukesha, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., president of the Waterkeeper Alliance, will give a lecture for Carroll’s Year of Water.  Kennedy’s speech, “Our Environmental Destiny,” will be Wednesday, April 11, 2012, at 6 p.m. in Shattuck Music Center, 218 N.
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Herbicide Resistant Weeds Challenge Roundup Farming

Ongoing challenge farmers face with herbicide-resistant
Fifteen years ago genetically engineered crops hit the market much to the delight of farmers.  These new Roundup-tolerant crops allowed farmers to simply spray the herbicide Roundup over their fields and everything died – except the corn, cotton, and soybeans. Recently, farmers have realized that certain weeds weren’t dying anymore; in Georgia that plant is
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World Water Day Highlights the Link Between Water and Food Security

World Water Day Logo
World Water Day is held annually on March 22 as a means of focusing attention on the importance of freshwater.  At the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development it was recommended that there be an international day to celebrate freshwater, the United Nations General Assembly agreed and designated March 22, 1993 the first
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