Monday, March 20, 2006

Bio-oil Wired: "Researchers hoping to ease America's oil addiction are turning sawdust and wood chips into bio-oil, a thick black liquid that could become a green substitute for many petroleum products. "Bio-oil can be made from almost any organic material, including agricultural and forest waste like corn stalks and scraps of bark. Converting the raw biomass into bio-oil yields a product that is easy to transport and can be processed into higher-value fuels and chemicals." Category: 2008 Presidential Election 5:59:14 PM

Rewriting the Science CBS News: "As a government scientist, James Hansen is taking a risk. He says there are things the White House doesn't want you to hear but he's going to say them anyway. "Hansen is arguably the world's leading researcher on global warming. He's the head of NASA's top institute studying the climate. But this eminent scientist tells correspondent Scott Pelley that the Bush administration is restricting who he can talk to and editing what he can say. Politicians, he says, are rewriting the science." Category: 2008 Presidential Election 6:59:56 AM

Early primaries? Oval Office 2008: "As Reuters reports, the Party's rules committee formally voted on 'making their 2008 presidential nominating process more diverse early on by adding contests between the traditional opening states of Iowa and New Hampshire.' "The proposal, you will recall, was suggested a few months ago by a commmission set up by Party chairman Howard Dean. The rules committee vote endorsed the suggestion of that commission, although the details of the proposal have yet to be worked out. "The committee 'accepted a 'framework' for allowing one or two other states to hold a caucus between the Iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary,' Reuters explains. 'One or two new states also would be allowed to hold primaries immediately after New Hampshire under the proposal agreed to in principle.'" Category: 2008 Presidential Election 6:21:43 AM

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