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Posts Tagged ‘environment

Poop Power!

Posted by: Kat on: Wednesday, 8 October 2008

I knew it was possible. Well done, farmers.

clipped from www.popularmechanics.com

Poop Power: U.S. Farms Save Big Turning Manure to Kilowatts

For farmers already operating on slim margins, the trick to staying afloat could be right under their feet. PM visits one dairy farm that’s already saving $60,000 a year by turning cow manure into energy using an [...]

Old trees mowed down before Creation Month

Posted by: Kat on: Monday, 1 September 2008

I could cry.

clipped from newsinfo.inquirer.net

MANILA, Philippines—An environmentalist group Sunday condemned the “gruesome slaughter” of age-old trees in a plaza fronting the Manila Cathedral in Intramuros, Manila, a week before the celebration of Creation Month which starts Monday.

Ecowaste Coalition said 29 healthy narra, mahogany, mango, neem, fire and Indian trees in Plaza Roma were cut down [...]