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Virginia Law Requiring Use of Virginia Coal May Be Unconstitutional
Environment News Service: A state law passed last year to encourage construction of a power…
Climate Change? Been There, Done That
New York Times: If you don’t think climate change produces winners as well as losers,…
Cholesterol-associated Gene Variants Can Predict Cardiovascular Events, Study Confirms
A new study confirms that a combination of gene variants previously associated with cholesterol levels…
Satellites Can Help Arctic Grazers Survive Killer Winter Storms
Rain falling on snow sounds like a relatively harmless weather event, but when it happens…
Gene And Activity Level Of HDL-associated Protein Linked To Risk Of Heart Disease
The gene for the HDL-associated protein paraoxonase 1 appears to be associated with coronary artery…
Clean-vehicle Research Initiative Making Progress: Midcourse shift in strategic plan needed
A public-private effort to develop technologies for more fuel-efficient automobiles and to investigate the feasibility…
Sanitation Investment In Poor Countries Would Yield $9-to-1 Benefits In Productivity, Health
World Water Day, to be marked March 20, focuses this International Sanitation Year on the…
Ocean May Exist Beneath Titan’s Crust, Cassini Spacecraft Finds
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has discovered evidence that points to the existence of an underground ocean…
Genes show Latin America’s past
Genetic study suggests Latin Americans are descended from European men and Native American or African…