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TITLE="http://www.news.cnet.com/">Culled from Cnet</A></div> <div> A sampling of green-tech news with quick commentary.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/hybrid-cars-minerals" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200905/hy">Clean Energy's Dirty Little Secret - The Atlantic</A></div> <div> First it was concerns over <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="/8301-11128_3-10077965-54.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="/8301-11128_3-10077965-54.html">lithium supply</A></FONT>, now it's the rare earth metal neodymium.</div> <div> The bigger story here is national strategies for managing mineral supplies for economic, environmental, and security reasons. </div> <bR> <div> State wants to pull plug on energy-guzzling TVs - San Francisco Chronicle</div> <div> State regulators want to apply more stringent standards on TV energy use but consumer electronics industry association says it's going about it the wrong way.</div> <div> Old cathode ray tube TVs consume the least.</div> <bR> <div> Deciphering California's Efficiency Successes - New York Times</div> <div> California's per-capital electricity use has been steady since the 1970s, a credit to state-led efficiency programs.</div> <div> But a researcher argues other factors are at play so lessons to other states are limited.</div> <bR> <div> Pond Scum Gets Its Moment in the Limelight - Wall Street Journal</div> <div> A visit to the University of Texas' massive stash of algae strains.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/13/technology/gunther_electric.fortune/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://money.cnn.com/2009/04/13/technolo">Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Fortune</A></div> <div> Profile of ambitious Chinese company BYD which is expanding from small batteries to electric cars.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/abound-solar-opens-factory-claims-under-1/watt-cost-6032.html" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/a">Abound Solar Opens Factory, Claims Under $1/Watt Cost - Greentech Media</A></div> <div> A First Solar competitor opens factory to make solar cells from cadmium telluride.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2635/city-buses-turn-sewage-clean-fuel" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2635/">Norway turns to poo-powered buses - Cosmos magazine</A></div> <div> Methane, the main gas in natural gas, derived from sludge will power buses in Norway.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2635/city-buses-turn-sewage-clean-fuel" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/news/2635/">'Green Revolution' Trapping India's Farmers In Debt - National Public Radio</A></div> <div> Modern farming techniques are creating a thirst for water that Indian farmers are unable to keep up, creating real social upheaval.</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/04/090413102225.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/200">Bioethanol's Impact On Water Supply Three Times Higher Than Once Thought - Science Daily</A></div> <div> No doubt people will dispute these revised numbers, but it's still eye-opening:</div> <div> researchers find that it takes between roughly 200 and 800 gallons of water to make one gallon of ethanol.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#EEEEEE" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>A Public Service of</B></div> <div> <A HREF="http://www.radiozx.com/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.radiozx.com/"><B><IMG SRC="bd259290.png" border=0 width="89" height="41" ALT="radiozx logo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></A></div> <div> <B>Hot Headlines...</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="bd323230.png" border=0 width="35" height="35" ALT="newspaper Hot Headlines" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="bd46a240.png" border=0 width="106" 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