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Chemistry World February 6, 2007 Richard Van Noorden	Nuclear Storage: Ready, Willing, Able, and Undecided A report into the UK's long term nuclear waste storage plans has concluded there are no insurmountable technical barriers to storing nuclear waste deep underground. Between a third and two-thirds of the UK is geologically suitable for storing waste.
National Real Estate Investor February 1, 2007 Steve McLinden	Always Low Energy Wal-Mart's ambitious goal of reducing energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions in new stores by 30% over the next four years -- and by 20% in existing stores over the next seven years -- may actually be surpassed.
Fast Company February 1, 2007 David Axe	Digging Out The idea of putting people to work in Iraq was largely neglected after the invasion. Now, as debate mounts over troop withdrawals, one British army captain's VC strategy might help fill the void.
Fast Company February 1, 2007 Charles Fishman	Degree Of Difficulty Global warming threatens the very viability of Aspen's famed ski resort. The real fix is about changing the way people think.
HBS Working Knowledge February 5, 2007 Sean Silverthorne	Business and the Global Poor Both business and societal interests can be served at the base of the economic pyramid.
BusinessWeek February 12, 2007 Christopher Palmeri	Green Homes: The Price Still Isn't Right Buyers are declining environmentally friendly features. That may change.
Geotimes February 2007 Carolyn Gramling	Past El Ninos Portend Future Climates A new study examining evidence of long-term variability at El Nino's source suggests the strength of the phenomenon is highly sensitive to even small changes in climate. That sensitivity could have implications for how it plays into future climate change.
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Peter Fairley	Nuclear Wasteland With visions of nuclear electricity "too cheap to meter" long gone, the case for breeder reactors has shifted from creation of new fuels to management of spent fuels. The French are recycling nuclear waste. Should other countries follow suit?
IEEE Spectrum February 2007 Michael Dumiak	New Tech, Old Fuel Estonia wrests a future from a filthy past -- oil shale supplies between 70% and 90% of the country's electricity. This is not by any means environmental perfection, however it shows what some basic investment and long-term thinking can do.
Wired February 2007 John Geoghegan	Inherit the Wind The Gulf Coast is littered with the carcasses of unused oil equipment. Now those structures are being re-purposed to build the first offshore wind farm in the United States.
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