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W E D N E S D A Y - N O V E M B E R 4 , 2 0 0 9
Green Houses to Improve Life and Aesthetics in Shanty Towns
A group of architects from Argentina have come up with a project called Orchard House, which proposes the implementation of vertical gardens in shanty towns to provide local people with food and improve the visuals of these villages.
The idea is to teach people how to build a series of 'productive modules', with metal structures and different types of coverage that allow the growing of small vegetables. By providing them with the tools and knowledge, people could then build their own houses or structures on their own.
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W E D N E S D A Y - S E P T E M B E R 2 , 2 0 0 9
Europe’s Ban on Old-Style Bulbs Begins
BRUSSELS — Restrictions on the sale of incandescent bulbs begin going into effect across most of Europe on Tuesday in the continent’s latest effort to get people to save energy and combat global warming. But even advocates concede the change is proving problematic.
Under the European Union rules, shops will no longer be allowed to buy or import most incandescent frosted glass bulbs starting Tuesday. Retailers can continue selling off their stock until they run out.
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M O N D A Y - A U G U S T 1 0 , 2 0 0 9
The Future of Farming: Eight Solutions For a Hungry World
The challenge of growing twice as much food by 2050 to feed nine billion peoplewith less and less landis everyones problem. But scientists are hard at work fomenting a second green revolution. Todays crops crisscross the globe: Mexicos tomatoes end up on your plate, our wheat heads to Africa. As a result, the challenge of growing twice as much food by 2050 to feed nine billion peoplewith less and less landis everyones problem
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T U E S D A Y - J U L Y 2 1 , 2 0 0 9
We've Got a Drinking Problem b
Its always disconcerting when the local news tells you to boil your tap water before drinking it, especially if you consider that weve been experimenting with water filtration since 1627. But what if you found outand youre about tothat there could be industrial pollutants, pesticides, and hormones floating in your tap water right now? There are federal laws that limit certain contaminants, but many toxins dont make those blacklists at all. While your water probably isnt making you sick, here is a guide to some potential offenders and how to keep them out of your cup.
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S U N D A Y - J U N E 7 , 2 0 0 9
Surprising Green Energy Investment Trends Found Worldwide
Some $155 billion was invested in 2008 in clean energy companies and projects worldwide, not including large hydro, a new report says.
Of this $13.5 billion of new private investment went into companies developing and scaling-up new technologies alongside $117 billion of investment in renewable energy projects from geothermal and wind to solar and biofuels.
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F R I D A Y - J U N E 5 , 2 0 0 9
U.S. tells California to cut water use to save fish
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Californians' thirst for water has pushed salmon and other fish to the brink of extinction, a federal agency ruled on Thursday as it directed officials to cut water supplies to cities and farms to save several species.
California's rivers used to brim with trout, salmon, sturgeon and more, but the federal, state and local governments built a monumental system of dams and pipelines in the most populous that turned a desert into productive farmland and left some rivers dry.
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W E D N E S D A Y - J U N E 3 , 2 0 0 9
In India, Bucking The 'Revolution' By Going Organic
Indian farmer Amarjit Sharma grows wheat and other crops on five acres in the heart of the region known as "the breadbasket of India," the fertile fields of Punjab.
Until four years ago, he was the kind of farmer whom government leaders and agricultural scientists hailed as a model in the developing world.
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M O N D A Y - J U N E 1 , 2 0 0 9
Water Wars Out West: Keep What You Catch!
The West remains one of the fastest growing regions of the country, and that continues to put pressure on scarce water supplies.
So, Colorado recently made it legal for some homeowners to capture and collect the raindrops and snowflakes that fall on their own roofs. That had been considered stealing because the water would flow into a stream or aquifer, where it belonged to someone else; Utah and Washington state have similar bans.
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T H U R S D A Y - M A Y 2 8 , 2 0 0 9
Government suspends forest road-building
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is calling for a one-year moratorium on road-building and development on about 50 million acres of remote national forests.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack issued a directive Thursday reinstating for one year most of a Clinton-era ban against new road construction and development in national forests. The 2001 rule banned road building and logging in more than 58 million acres of remote national forests, mostly in the West.
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W E D N E S D A Y - M A Y 2 7 , 2 0 0 9
Face-Off Over 'Fracking': Water Battle Brews On Hill
Environmentalists and the natural gas industry are getting ready for a battle in Congress over something known as "hydraulic fracturing."
"Fracking," as the industry calls it, involves injecting a million gallons or more of water and chemicals deep underground to pry out gas that's locked away in tight spaces.
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