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Fossil fuel revolt?

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Sam Eaton
Apr 27, 2006
Ford Motor Company is encouraging drivers to offset their greenhouse gas emissions by investing in alternative fuel development. But is Ford biting the hand that feeds it? Sam Eaton reports.
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Nuclear power makes a comeback

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Sam Eaton
Apr 26, 2006
Reactor No. 4 at the Chernobyl power station in Ukraine blew up 20 years ago today. The health effects here weren't large, but the disaster put the US nuclear power industry into a deep freeze. Now there's real talk of a resurgence. Sam Eaton looks at what's changed.
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Bush takes on high gas prices

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Sarah Gardner
Apr 26, 2006
President Bush proposes to bring down the growing cost of gasoline by diverting oil tapped for reserves and streamlining the approval process for new refineries. Sarah Gardner looks at whether these steps will offer relief at the pump this summer.
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Petroleum 101

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Scott Tong
Apr 25, 2006
Although President Bush said the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice would investigate possible price gouging, he blamed the escalation of fuel costs on the growing demand for oil and lack of new US refineries. Scott Tong reports.
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Oil talks just talk

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Alisa Roth
Apr 21, 2006
Finance ministers from the G7 industrialized nations and China meet with crude oil producers in Washington today to discuss ways to tame record-breaking oil prices. Alisa Roth reports.
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Paper, plastic or 'ChicoBag'?

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Brian Watt
Apr 21, 2006
As millions prepare for Earth Day observances Saturday, Brian Watt talks to an inventor looking to cure the world's addiction to plastic shopping bags.
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Environmental costs of bottled water

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Ashley Milne-Tyte
Apr 20, 2006
Prepackaged H2O may be a $40 billion industry, but it's anything but green. Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.
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Politics keeping Brazilian ethanol out of US

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Dan Grech
Apr 18, 2006
With the price of oil hitting $70 a barrel, calls for increased development of alternative fuels in the US are growing louder. One source could be Brazilian ethanol made from sugar cane. But as Dan Grech reports, policies to protect the U.S. corn-based ethanol industry are keeping the fuel out.
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Report: Cleaner coal key to industry's survival

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Sam Eaton
Apr 18, 2006
A new report says the coal industry in the Western United States could lose business if it doesn't adapt to cleaner burning technologies. Sam Eaton reports.
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The most important fish you've never heard of

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Kai Ryssdal
Apr 17, 2006
H. Bruce Franklin, a professor at Rutgers University, talks with Kai Ryssdal about the overfishing of the Atlantic menhaden. Its dwindling numbers could impact the environment and the products you buy.

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

Journalism: Practiced. Excellent interview. Thank you.

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

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Three life rules from Donald Rumsfeld

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