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...tractor and a biochar tailored to improve particular soils. "If you're going to grow food, you have to do it responsibly," says Bob Hawkins, Eprida's project manager. "And one way of doing that is to use it to generate sustainable energy." A prototype can turn a ton of ground peanut shells into 600 lb. (270 kg) of biochar, with energy as the bonus...
...just tossing that in there because such talk is all the rage these days). Who knows how much is genuine. Can giant corporations be genuine about stuff like that? Yet the case is also effectively made that the failure of the Big Three would be absolutely disastrous for a ton of people. Reading these reports leaves one feeling an odd combination of anger and pity...
...Morocco THE END OF TUNA After a weeklong summit in Marrakech, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas slashed its 2009 quota for bluefin-tuna fishing from 27,500 tons to 22,000--a figure that still far outstrips the 15,000-ton limit marine scientists say is needed to prevent the species' extinction. Environmental groups called the meeting a "disaster" and blamed the European Commission for scuttling a proposal that would have imposed stricter regulations...
...Regional department-store chains in smaller to midsize cities are already under pressure, but some have an extra heap of woe. Women's retailer Bon-Ton faces a double challenge: softening sales and a mountain of debt resulting from its $1 billion buyout of 142 stores from Saks two years ago. Even powerhouse Dillard's, with stores spread across 29 states, is raising anxiety owing to weakening sales, down 10% for the quarter. In early November, Standard & Poor's lowered its corporate credit rating of Dillard's to B+ from BB-, citing the "deepening spending pull-back by consumers." Adding...
...limited the Bulldogs to a net of -4 yards in the fourth frame.“Going into these final games, our defense, it was great to be a part of it, because it was a unit that I feel like it was really senior-led, we had a ton of experience....So I think the confidence that we’ve had as a defense has come from our experience and the, like I said, the resilient mentality that the guys on the unit have.”Long added some insurance points on a 23-yard field goal...