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Chemistry World April 4, 2006 Arthur Rogers	EU-Wide Carbon Capture Project A four-year carbon sequestration project backed by 30 European universities and energy companies will test the viability of CO 2 capture as a means of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
BusinessWeek April 10, 2006 Heather Green	It's A Little Easier Being Green Consumers and companies are giving alternative energy a boost with "green tags."
Geotimes April 2006 Frank T. Manheim	A New Look at Mining and the Environment: Finding Common Ground The current impasse between environmentalists and industry is unique among advanced nations. The U.S. conflict contrasts sharply with policy in Sweden, where a dynamic mining and mineral industry coexists with a strong national environmental commitment in a high-wage, strong economy.
Geotimes April 2006 Naomi Lubick	Faith-Based Carbon Credit Systems Market-based approaches to help stem carbon releases, and in turn climate change, could prove difficult to marshal and enforce. Carbon credits and trade incentives are a small piece in a larger issue.
Geotimes April 2006 Margaret Anne Baker	Energy Efforts on Tap Developing gas hydrates as a key domestic energy source remains a long-term plan, compared to near-term return on oil shales and the estimated recoverable oil in ANWR. But with politics in the mix, who knows? Maybe the hydrates will come to market before oil flows from ANWR after all.
BusinessWeek April 10, 2006 Lorraine Woellert	HP Wants Your Old PCs Back HP is pushing states to force recycling of TVs, computers, and other e-gear. Here's why.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 William Sweet	Security Expert Slams Bush's Surveillance Program In this interview, the author of The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets, James Bamford discusses why the U.S. president chose to dodge court review procedures in ordering post 9/11 wiretapping.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Robert N. Charette	Whose Risk? Whose Responsibility? So far, the congressional and White House reports describing the government's risk assessment and management actions prior to and after Katrina have failed to address the fundamental issue of risk and responsibility, let alone spark a national conversation on the subject.
IEEE Spectrum April 2006 Jean Kumagai	Drowning in Sound Sonar can kill whales. But could other noises be just as deadly? Marine mammals can and do adapt to many kinds of man-made sound, but the rising tide of noise may be inhibiting the animals' ability to feed, breed, and migrate
Chemistry World April 2006 Karen Harries-Rees	Editorial: Drugs Testing on Trial A drugs trial in the UK that went disastrously wrong last month has raised questions about the ethics of using paid volunteers in clinical trials and the usefulness of animal testing.
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