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August 9, 2012

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Bioremediation Consulting Inc. (BCI) Announces Development of the First Commercial Culture to Degrade Highly Chlorinated Polychlorinated Biphenyls
Bioremediation Consulting Inc. (BCI) Announces Development of the First Commercial Culture to Degrade Highly Chlorinated Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Bioremediation Consulting Inc., Watertown MA announced the completion of a research project funded by a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant from the National Science Foundation to develop a bacterial culture that biodegrades Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs). Under the lead of its senior scientist, Dr. Margaret Findlay, a team of microbiologists at Bioremediation Consulting succeeded in developing a PCB-degrading bacterial ...
Big oil and gas companies failing to inform investors of deepwater drilling and climate change risks
Deepwater oil drilling in all corners of the world. Hydraulic fracturing for gas and oil across the U.S. Proliferating oil sands production in Canada. A new and more risk-laden energy future is taking shape as the global thirst for fossil fuels spurs a search on frontiers once beyond technology’s reach. The environmental risks from extracting and transporting these fuels are numerous – with the 2010 Gulf of Mexico deepwater oil spill just one example of how things can go wrong. Climate change risks, including climate-driven physical impacts and regulations to control carbon emissions, ...
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