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| Published November 22, 2007 Regina Camp named citizen of the year (Pickens County Progress) By Angela Mitchell Regina Camp, named Pickens County 2007 Citizen of the Year, tried to hold back the tears as she approached the podium for her acceptance speech during last week’s ceremony. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Retiring U.C. property assessor reflects on 32 years of service (Johnson City Press) ERWIN — It’s not uncommon for public officials to take stands in their office and become involved in issues not directly related to their positions. Count Bill Gaines as a member of that fraternity. us.rd.yahoo.com |
4 sought in slaying of French Camp man (Modesto Bee) Stanislaus County sheriff's detectives are looking for three men and a teenage boy suspected of shooting a French Camp man to death. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Web Features: Wild Green Yonder: Flying the Environmentally Friendly Skies on Alternative Fuels In December the U.S. Air Force flew a C-17 transport plane across the country powered in part by a new propellant: natural gas transmuted into a synthetic liquid fuel. Heat and catalysts converted methane into syngas (carbon monoxide and hydrogen) which were then transformed into liquid hydrocarbons (otherwise known as oil and its derivatives): petroleum, gasoline and, in the case of aviation, kerosene. rss.sciam.com |
Preserving Arctic Fisheries Before Harvesting Them [News] In the wake of dramatically dwindling populations of salmon and other fish, U.S. officials are grappling with ways to cut their losses--and stave off future damage. Overfishing and environmental damage have decimated ocean inhabitants--and climate change threatens to hurt them even more. Just this month, the Pacific Fishery Management Council in Portland, Ore., closed the coasts of California and Oregon to salmon fishing after observing an alarming drop in the species population there, which plummeted in just one river--the Sacramento-- from hundreds of thousands in the 1990s to just about 58,000 this past fall. [More] rss.sciam.com |