A joint report by the Interior Department Minerals Management Service (MMS) and University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) has identified three marine organisms collected from oil and gas platforms in the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) that contain compounds that have been shown to block the growth of cancer cells.
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CSU Stands by ‘Active’ Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast
Colorado State University (CSU) forecasters maintained their earlier forecast, which called for a well above-average hurricane season this year with 15 named storms forming in the Atlantic Basin by Nov. 30. Eight of the storms are likely to become hurricanes and four of those hurricanes are expected to develop into intense or major hurricanes (Category 3 or greater) with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater, the CSU forecasters said last Tuesday.
CSU Stands by ‘Active’ Atlantic Hurricane Season Forecast
Colorado State University (CSU) forecasters maintained their earlier forecast, which called for a well above-average hurricane season this year with 15 named storms forming in the Atlantic Basin by Nov. 30. Eight of the storms are likely to become hurricanes and four of those hurricanes are expected to develop into intense or major hurricanes (Category 3 or greater) with sustained winds of 111 mph or greater, the CSU forecasters said Tuesday.
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Dan L. Duncan, founder and majority owner of Enterprise Products Partners LP, and his wife, Jan, are donating $35 million to the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. The donation is the second largest in M.D. Anderson’s history; in 2007 Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens donated $50 million. With the Duncans’ gift, which will be allotted over 10 years, M.D. Anderson plans to establish the Duncan Family Institute for Cancer Prevention and Risk Assessment. Duncan is a prostate cancer survivor, and his father died of leukemia. Duncan’s his first wife died of breast cancer and his second died of ovarian cancer. The Duncans in 2006 donated $100 million to the Baylor College of Medicine for its cancer center in Houston, which was renamed the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center. Duncan is considered Houston’s wealthiest resident. He has a net worth of $7.9 billion and was ranked 117th on Forbes Magazine’s 2008 list of the world’s richest people.
Natural Gas Can Help Solve Carbon Crisis, Researchers Say
Three-year-old research by two Princeton University professors given new life in the climate change-focused October issue of National Geographic Magazine (NGM) gives hope that with a technology explosion in the next 50 years, the world can start getting its arms around the global climate change conundrum. And part of the answer may lie in replacing most of the current coal-fired electric generation with a combination of natural gas and carbon sequestration.
Natural Gas Can Help Solve Carbon Crisis, Researchers Say
Three-year-old research by two Princeton University professors given new life in the climate change-focused October issue of National Geographic Magazine (NGM) gives hope that with a technology explosion in the next 50 years, the world can start getting its arms around the global climate change conundrum. And part of the answer may lie in replacing most of the current coal-fired electric generation with a combination of natural gas and carbon sequestration.
Gasification Group Disputes Research Critical of LNG-Fueled Power
The Gasification Technologies Council (GTC) Thursday blasted the recent findings of Carnegie Mellon University researchers that say liquefied natural gas (LNG) might not be competitive with advanced coal technologies on an emissions basis when regasified LNG is used to fuel power plants.
Carnegie Mellon Researchers Cast Doubts on LNG for Power Generation
Researchers at Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University are raising doubts about the long-term effectiveness of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in meeting the nation’s energy needs while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
CSU Forecasters Downgrade Hurricane Strike Likelihood — but Only a Little
Colorado State University (CSU) weather forecasters on Friday slightly lowered their odds that a major hurricane would strike the U.S. coastline this year, but they continued to call for a “very active” Atlantic basin season. Landfall probabilities for the U.S. coastline “remain above their long-period averages.”
CSU Forecasters Slightly Cut Hurricane Strike Likelihood
Colorado State University (CSU) weather forecasters on Friday slightly lowered their odds that a major hurricane would strike the U.S. coastline this year, but they continued to call for a “very active” Atlantic basin season. Landfall probabilities for the U.S. coastline “remain above their long-period averages.”