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Florida Buys 74,000 Acres for Preservation

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Posted by geri   
Wednesday, 02 August 2006
Seventy-four thousand acres of wilderness (115 sq miles, 297 sq KM) that is inhabited by bears and panthers was purchased Monday by representatives of Florida in the state's biggest-ever purchase of land for environmental preservation. "This is just an awesome day," State Lands Director Eva Armstrong said through tears after the deed was handed over for the sum of $350 million. (AP via MSNBC)
 

Chocolate Could Contribute to New Source of Renewable Energy

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Posted by geri   
Wednesday, 02 August 2006
UK scientists have found a way to extract hydrogen from confectionary waste — a process that could lead to food factories using their own product waste to generate energy for the manufacturing process. (Food Ingredients First )
 

New Trawling Ban Protects Deep-Sea Alaska Corals

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Posted by geri   
Saturday, 29 July 2006
reefs Newly discovered gardens of colorful corals blooming under water in the Gulf of Alaska, will get special protection... A new rule bars bottom trawling (the fishing technique that uses nets to drag the ocean floor) over an area the size of Texas and Colorado combined. (Fishermen agreed to the ban, which will hurt their income, but agreed it was needed. ENN)
 

McVictory! Fast Food Giant to Protect Amazon With Purchasing Power

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Posted by geri   
Saturday, 29 July 2006
goldenarches(GreenPeace News) In an historic deal that has impacts far beyond the golden arches, McDonald's is now the leading company in the campaign to halt the deforestation of the Amazon for the benefit of soya farming. After feeling enormous consumer pressure from thousands of e-mails and letters sent to their European headquarters by environmental Activists, McDonald's has agreed to stop selling chicken fed on soya grown in newly deforested areas of the Amazon rainforest...
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Greener Computers and Monitors Will Soon Hit the Market

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Posted by geri   
Thursday, 27 July 2006
smkeybrdmouseMore environmentally friendly computer equipment will soon be available to large volume purchasers thanks to manufacturers like Dell, HP, and others that now have products containing reduced levels of cadmium, lead, and mercury to better protect human health, that are easier to upgrade and recycle, and meet the government's Energy Star guidelines for energy efficiency...
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