Posts Tagged ‘Caribbean’

U.S. Corn Ethanol Industry: Spoiled New Kid on the Block

Thursday, July 2, 2009 20:54 By GSerrano

The US biofuels industry is expensive. Making corn fuel is costly. The industry currently enjoys a ‘45 cent tax credit for every gallon of ethanol produced.’ That’s $3 billion in tax credits in a year.
Import tariffs on sugar-based ethanol from Brazil and the Caribbean, logically higher so as to eliminate competition for the domestically manufactured [...]

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Special Trends: World’s Top 10 Honeymoon destinations

Thursday, July 2, 2009 13:54 By Neo

So here exactly do you go first to strengthen your bond of love after you have just said ‘I do’? That is the big question that most couples are eagerly looking to answer and with the planet today connected like never before, there are some stunning locations, countries and exotic places that will give you [...]

The concern over the Chlordecone trail

Tuesday, June 30, 2009 17:30 By GSerrano

The Caribbean is not the only territory contaminated with chlordecone, a highly persistent pollutant and suspected carcinogen, used as a pesticide in the banana plantations in Guadeloupe and Martinique between 1981 and 1993.
According to reports, some 1,600 tons of chlordecone were produced in the United States between 1958 and 1976. About 200 more tons of [...]

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Dengue Fever deadlier than Swine Flu

Wednesday, May 20, 2009 21:19 By GSerrano

While the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, formerly known as swine flu, is the disease that is currently shaking the world in paranoia, even panic, there is an even far worse disease that is devastating some regions of the earth – dengue fever. Had dengue cases been more reported, it could have been labeled a pandemic [...]

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