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90,000 Homes To Be Powered By Chicken Manure

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Posted by geri
Saturday, 04 October 2008
The world’s largest biomass power plant running exclusively on chicken manure has opened in the Netherlands, converting one-third of all chicken manure residue there into green energy. The power plant will deliver renewable electricity to 90,000 households. (Environmental News Network)

Plant Tweak Could Let Toxic Soil Feed Millions with New Crops

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Posted by geri
Saturday, 04 October 2008
Thanks to a genetic breakthrough, a large portion of Earth's now-inhospitable soil could be used to grow crops -- potentially alleviating one of the most pressing problems facing the planet's rapidly growing population. Scientists at the University of California, Riverside made plants tolerant of poisonous aluminum by tweaking a single gene. This may allow crops to thrive in the 40 to 50 percent of Earth's soils currently rendered toxic by the metal. (Wired Magazine online )

New Machine Scrubs CO2 From the Air

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Posted by geri
Friday, 03 October 2008
University of Calgary climate change researchers say they are close to figuring out how to commercialize the capture of carbon dioxide directly from the air with a simple system that could be set up anywhere in the world. If they can make it work, it would allow greenhouse gas to be removed from ambient air and reduce the effect of emissions from transportation sources such as cars and airplanes. (Right- University of Calgary climate change scientist David Keith with his CO2 scrubber. (University of Calgary))
Read more... [New Machine Scrubs CO2 From the Air]

Renewable Energy Tops 10% of Domestic U.S. Energy Production

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Posted by geri
Monday, 29 September 2008
According to the latest "Monthly Energy Review" issued by the U.S. Energy Information Administration this week, renewable energy accounted for more than 10% of the domestically-produced energy used in the United States in the first half of 2008. (Full story in SustainableBusiness.com)

Treasure Trove of New Marine Species Found Near Great Barrier Reef (Video)

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Posted by geri
Monday, 22 September 2008
Australian scientists have discovered hundreds of new types of coral and marine species during an expedition off the Great Barrier reef. Three expeditions to the barrier reefs over four years has discovered 300 soft corals of which 130 are new species, the discoveries will help scientists understand more about global warming and overfishing.