... Gorgon Venture goes ahead. ChervonTexaco, ExxonMobil and Shell (the Gorgon Partners) are currently proposing to put over $6 billion worth of industrial gas processing plant and equipment on Barrow Island. This concept involves delivering gas via a corrosion resistant pipeline to a processing unit on Barrow Island, where the gas can be conditioned and delivered to customers. The Gorgon Gas field is the largest field ... is relatively high in carbon dioxide; it is also the closest field to land and the most ready for the market. It is the location and suitability of the gas processing fac...

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Genetic engineering involves altering the genetic structure of living plants and organisms making them capable of producing new substances or performing new functions (Anon 2002). Genes can also be transferred between different species to receive desired traits; this could not ... have tolerance for the herbicides needed. There have already been instances in the US where herbicide resistant rapeseed spread it's resistance traits to related weeds, in this case wild mustard plants (Cummins 1999). With the emergence of "super pest" large areas of both crops and natural vegetation could be at hu...

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Cannabis is a drug that originates from the plant, cannabis sativa. It contains an active ingredient called delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol, found on the flowering tops and upper leaves in the female plants. Cannabis comes in the forms of marijuana, sinsemilla, hashish, hashish oil, and hemp. Cannabis originated in Central Asia and can be used for medicine, ship sails, ropes and cloth. Cannabis ... ...

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