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www.sciencedaily.com
New developments in biobutanol make it more competitive with ethanol. Biobutanol can be transported in already-existing pipelines and is more fruitful from wheat straw as opposed to traditional sugar varieties.

Ensure that you know the status of the water levels in your area. Check out the government’s drought information website at www.drought.gov to see if your area is under an advisory and to see what you can do to help!

www.nytimes.com
OPEC meets Friday to discuss solutions to the dropping price in crude oil. But with demands plummeting, the only option seems to cut production.

www.forbes.com
Leaders in natural gas from Russia, Iran and Qatar formed an alliance similar to OPEC. While gas prices sell for about half what they did at their high, natural gas producers ramp up. But the agreements won’t prove quite as effective since natural gas is used in only small pockets of the global market.

www.usatoday.com
Two out of three undecided voters say global warming is still a major topic to influence their decision.

Kuwait News Agency
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation denies any allegations of discussion to store oil reserves abroad in China, Vietnam, or other parts of the Asia. The corporation is accused of considering stockpiling due to international tensions that may break out. But as crude prices decline, the idea of stockpiling dramatically falls.

TechnologyReview.com
An MIT professor developed a method to create hydrogen from water through exposure to the sun. The process is similar to photosynthesis and provides great promise to future solar energy developments.

www.time.com
Most Americans have been cheering the fact that crude oil prices are dropping and pump prices have been quickly falling as well. However, the news from the pump is both good and bad.

www.associatedpress.com
Iraq’s oil minister met with oil company representatives to begin laying the ground work for outside companies to begin bidding on access to the country’s energy reserves. The outside investments will inject some much needed money into Iraq’s oil field.

This year, see what you can do to make your Halloween celebration a little bit greener. One of the easiest ways is instead of buying costumes, which are generally made out of synthetic fibers which eat up a lot of petroleum in their processing, see if you can make your kids’ costumes out of stuff you already have around the house. And if that doesn’t work, try having a costume swap with your neighbors. See if they can use any of your costumes from years past or if your kids can use some of their old ones!