Environment

Peets or Starbucks? An organic coffee review

July 25, 2008

Yesterday I stopped by my local Peets (Walnut and Vine, the original) to see if they had organic decaf beans (about 7:00 pm, very slow inside). The bean counter worker looked at the selection and said "No, not certified, but they're all basically organic except for the certification." I said thanks and left the store, [...]

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Carbon sequestering in the seabed, nice video too

July 25, 2008

Science Friday, my favorite radio show when I'm not teaching on Fridays, had a great piece today on carbon sequestering on the ocean floor. What if you could take CO2, pump it down a deep hole in the sea floor and turn it into something harmless? New research suggests the idea is not so far-fetched. [...]

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