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National Real Estate Investor November 1, 2006 Jennifer Popovec	The Tipping Point In the U.S., the number of certified green buildings built each year has mushroomed, but for most commercial developers, green has been an afterthought or a costly option.
Science News November 4, 2006 Janet Raloff	New Estimates of the Shark-Fin Trade A new study of the Asian fish market yields a disturbing estimate of how many sharks are killed each year to satisfy demand for a pricey Asian soup.
Chemistry World November 3, 2006 Victoria Gill	Crack-Down on Bogus Bonfires The UK Environment Agency has issued a warning this week to unscrupulous companies and individuals planning to use bonfire night as a cover to burn waste materials.
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 Adrienne Carter	Harvesting Green Power Farmers are sowing the seeds of an alternative energy future. But how much of the country can we fuel on corn?
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006	What Good Are Biofuels? Crops that double as energy sources are cheap, abundant, and homegrown. Yet as farmers rush to transform food crops into fuel, some environmentalists have begun to fret.
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 Adrienne Carter	Planting the Seeds of a Biofuels Boom After one successful biofuel plant, Minnesota farmer Loren Forrest plans to build two more, one that uses cellulosic materials.
BusinessWeek November 13, 2006 Jason Bush	Moscow's Green Giant Environmental honcho Oleg Mitvol isn't afraid to make enemies.
Food Processing November 2006 Barbara Katz	Focus on: Childhood Obesity In spite of all the press and the studies and the looming health issues, it appears parents are just not that concerned about childhood obesity.
Chemistry World November 2006 Henry & Fox	Comment: Playing Fast and Loose with Science Following the release of the WWF report, "Chain of Contamination: the Food Link," a clinical toxicologist and the director of London's Science Media Center comment on the study, and its coverage in the media.
Geotimes November 2006 Megan Sever	Forest Fires Release Mercury The most familiar source of mercury in the atmosphere is coal plants. But a hidden mercury threat is lurking as Earth warms: peatlands in the boreal forest regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
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