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David Crane, president and CEO of NRG Energy, on plans to file the first application to build a nuclear reactor in the US since the Three Mile Island accident in 1979 (AP, 25 September)
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Healthcare policy expert Ronald Kessler of Harvard Medical School, on a study revealing escalating rates of depression among survivors of hurricane Katrina (The Washington Post, 23 September)
鈥淚t鈥檚 sort of like adopting a bunny at Easter. People say, 鈥楾his will be fun鈥�. And then it falls by the wayside. Only the problem with [the trees] is you can鈥檛 give them back. They just die.鈥�
Los Angeles councillor Janice Hahn, questioning the success of the city鈥檚 鈥淢illion Trees鈥� initiative, under which saplings are given to members of the public (Los Angeles Times, 24 September)
鈥淎lternative therapies such as acupuncture often provide longer consultations, and that in itself can be beneficial.鈥�
Nia Taylor of British charity BackCare, on reports that acupuncture can provide better relief from lower back pain than conventional medicine (The Daily Telegraph, 25 September)
鈥淭his is the last generation of Americans which will have the unquestioned opportunity to lead that enterprise.鈥�
NASA administrator Michael Griffin looks to the future of space travel in a speech to mark the first 50 years of space flight (The New York Times, 25 September)