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Climate Change 'Can Be Tackled'

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Monday, 07 May 2007
"The growth in greenhouse gas emissions can be curbed at reasonable cost, experts at a UN climate change conference have agreed. Boosting renewable energy, reducing deforestation and improving energy efficiency can all help, they say." (BBC)
 

Madagascar Creates Millions More Protected Acres

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Monday, 07 May 2007
"The government of Madagascar has established 15 new conservation areas encompassing a total of 2.65 million acres (about a million hectares) on the East African island famed for its unique wildlife, (but) which traditionally has had a poor conservation record. An estimated 80 percent of the island plants and animals are found nowhere else on Earth." (Nat'l Geographic)
 

Brewing a Sustainable Energy Solution -- With Beer!

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Monday, 07 May 2007
Guiness pintA joint project between Australia's most famous lager brewer, Foster's, and the University of Queensland to turn beer wastewater into electricity has won $140,000 from the Queensland Government's Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund. The technology works using a microbial fuel cell, which feeds continuously on the churning organics in the brewery wastewater, turning it into watts.

The team from UQ's Advanced Wastewater Management Centre (AWMC) posed for photos at Foster's Yatala brewery during the presentation of the funding by Minister for Environment Lindy Nelson-Carr on May 2...
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Ton of Pharmaceuticals Kept Out of Michigan Rivers (Earth Day Follow-Up)

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Monday, 07 May 2007
earth keepers clean sweep 2007Pharmaceuticals in the water supply likely are responsible for crises of sexual mutation in fish found in the Potomac River and deformed frogs in Wisconsin, according to Environmental Protection Agency studies. That's why the EPA is now funding efforts to help Americans dispose of their old and unwanted pharmaceuticals in a safe manner. Last month in honor of Earth Day, 2,400 residents in Michigan collected one ton of pharmaceuticals and personal care products and delivered them for proper disposal instead of flushing them down the drain and into our water supply...
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Steal Shipping Containers Find New Life as Homes

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Sunday, 06 May 2007
Inexpensive and abundant, old shipping containers are turning into good looking affordable housing! NBC-TV's Roger O'Neil reports on the container-housing which is purported to be "hurricane-proof, fire-resistant, and there's not a termite to be found." (MSNBC w/ video option) Thanks to David in the UK for the great link!
 
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