The Committee holds an oversight hearing on the planned Yucca Mountain site as a repository for U.S. spent nuclear fuel.
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Video: Senate Panel Probes Yucca Mntn. As Nuclear Waste Site
(via video.energypolicytv.com)
Submitted by EPTV on Mon, 2007-11-05 16:44. | Tags: politics | atomic | Boxer | contamination | energy | environment | groundwater | nuclear | radiation | Senate | spent fuel | video | waste | yucca
"Eco-Sustainable" Packaging Made from Yucca
(via www.temasactuales.com)
Brazil's state-owned development bank is backing (with bonds and stock purchases) a young company that makes biodegradable and compostable products and packaging from yucca/cassava/manioc (a renewable source) that will compete with plastic resins such as polystyrene ("styrofoam").
Submitted by ioman01 on Sun, 2007-10-21 23:42. | Tags: business | biodegradable | Brazil | compostable | sustainable packaging | yucca
