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Archive from 12/5/09
Prototype of solar powered plane records first successful flight
Top News
The Solar Impulse, a prototype of the plane which runs on solar power, recorded its first successful flight. The plane is a part of a planned "solar-powered circumnavigation of the globe", and Swiss adventurer Bertrand Piccard, pilot of the first hot-air balloon to fly nonstop around the world, is very excited about the development.…
Hacked email rebutted by scientists
San Francisco Chronicle
A group of the top scientists defended research on climate change against what they called smear campaign designed to foster doubt about irrefutable scientific facts…
West Texas 'clean coal' plant gets $350 million federal grant
Fort-Worth Star Telegram
A proposed $1.7 billion 'clean coal' plant to be built by Summit Power in West Texas has been awarded a $350 million federal grant, the U.S. Energy Department announced…
Carbon dioxide makes aspens grow faster
USA Today
Aspen trees grow faster with increasing amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere…
Federal money set to flow to renewable fuel projects
Houston Chronicle
The federal government committed to award as much as $564 million to 19 projects nationwide that aim to transform wood chips, algae and plant parts into renewable fuel…