The basic concept behind advanced biofuels, using bioengineered microorganisms to digest organic matter and produce hydrocarbons, is sound, Alan Shaw says. The flaw is basing an industry on plants.
Writer John McPhaul takes a look at the similarities between battles in the U.S. to keep national parks in the public interest, and Costa Rica’s current dilemma of protecting its own parks.
Following deadly attacks in Boston and an attempted poisoning of the president with ricin, Costa Rica will employ 1,000 police officers, 180 intelligence agents, 150 Traffic Police officers and an unreported number of U.S. Secret Service agents to guard the U.S. and Central American presidents.
The United States has offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, the world's wealthiest drug trafficker.
