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Behavior Of Single Protein Observed In Unprecedented Detail By Stanford Chemists (ChemicalOnline)

For the first time, researchers have been able to confine and study an individual protein, one that plays a key role in photosynthesis, without having to pin it down so tightly as to alter its fundamental behavior..  More.

 

Grain News (Grainnet.com)

Entitled, Your Safety Matters , the 30-minute DVD video – containing both English and Spanish versions – and accompanying training materials responds to the need identified by the NGFA’s Safety, Health and Environmental Quality Committee to produce an up-to-date training video on general safety practices for the grain, feed and grain processing industry..  More.

 

BIO Asks Congress To Support Deployment Of Biotech Chemical Platforms To Create Green Jobs (ChemicalOnline)

Federal tax policies should incentivize commercial deployment of advanced industrial biotechnologies, which can create jobs, reduce reliance on petroleum, and achieve greenhouse gas reductions..  More.

 

Peninsula readers' letters: (San Jose Mercury News)

Letters from Daily News readers..  More.

 

Japan’s Cabinet Endorses Cap-and-Trade Climate Bill (Update2) (Bloomberg)

March 12 (Bloomberg) -- Japan’s Cabinet has endorsed a climate-protection draft law today that would cap industrial emissions and thrust the second-biggest economy into the $125 billion market for trading carbon credits..  More.

 

PepsiCo Tests Fertilizer to Cut Tropicana CO2 Emissions (Time Magazine)

PepsiCo, which owns the juice brand Tropicana, is experimenting with greener farming methods in order to reduce the carbon footprint of a morning glass of OJ.  More.

 

NPCC helps girls expand horizons (North Platte Telegraph)

Telegraph staff reports About 300 young women in grades sixth through ninth gathered at North Platte Community College on Tuesday to attend the annual "Expanding Your Horizons in Science and Mathematics" conference. The purpose of the conference is to help young women explore career options in science, mathematics and non-traditional fields..  More.

 

Leaving Green: Execs Quit Clean Energy Firms (New York Times)

Go to Item from Todd Woody at Green Inc.: The past week has brought a spate of executive departures at renewable energy start-ups, with the president of SolarReserve , a power plant builder, and the chief executives of Clipper Windpower and Aurora Biofuels stepping down..  More.

 

Gov. Jay Nixon calls for large budget cuts (The Springfield News-Leader)

Faced with revenue shortfalls, Gov. Jay Nixon unveiled a proposal in Thursday that he said would cut $500 million from next year's budget, the same morning he authorized $125.7 million in cuts for this year's budget..  More.

 

A Further Salvo in the OXO v Hydro Plastics War: (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)

Oxo-biodegradable plastic has come under the spotlight in a controversial new report from Loughborough University released yesterday by DEFRA..  More.

 

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