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• Nuclear renewal spurs demand for engineers
Then professors at the University of Tennessee's nuclear engineering department briefed her and other undeclared freshmen about what they call a "nuclear renaissance" as the nation prepares to build dozens of new plants in coming years to meet ...
• Venus flytraps face loss of habitat
GREEN SWAMP PRESERVE, N.C. - Laura Gadd pauses at the edge of a pristine savanna, delicately lifting her feet to avoid trampling any venus flytraps hidden underfoot. Buried below wisps of wire grass, a few of the plants advertise their presence with ...
• Geothermal backers say it's their time to shine
Nevada has 10 geothermal power plants generating 325 megawatts of power with 73 more megawatts deliverable by 2010. It has a U.S.-leading 45 projects in the works — more than double the 21 in California, the next busiest state. One megawatt equals ...
• Deadlines set for designating polar bear habitat
Andrew Wetzler of the Natural Resource Defense Council said designation of critical habitat is one of the most powerful and important protections offered by the Endangered Species Act to animals and plants on the brink of extinction. The settlement ...
• A cleaner way to get drinking water from seas?
According to Kreamer, a geoscientist at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, hundreds of mothballed military and private ships could be well adapted as mobile desalination plants. Such ships could serve coastal communities, where water is badly ...