ecology

Article: U.S. corn ethanol "was not a good policy"-Gore

Former U.S. vice-president Al Gore said support for corn-based ethanol in the United States was "not a good policy", weeks before tax credits are up for renewal.U.S. blending tax breaks for ethanol make it profitable for refiners to use...

Article: Is Toxic Corexit Rain Killing Crops in Mississippi?

Yobie Benjamin, writing for The San Francisco Chronicle, is reporting what nobody else in the corporate...

Article: Methane Gas in Gulf up to One Million Times Normal levels

As much as 1 million times the normal level of methane gas has been found in some regions near the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, enough to potentially deplete oxygen and create a dead zone, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.Texas A&M...

Article: New Course Will Cover BP Oil Spill Crisis

Current events will quickly become history as a new college course studies the impact of the...