Monday, April 13, 2009

Fwd: Carbon-cutting projects, salty farms, Peru

brought to you by Sasha Paris  

College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.  

Human Ecology in Action.


The Empire State Building will get renovated for energy efficiency (New York Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/07/science/earth/07empire.html?ref=science

A coal-power plant in China is capturing and "recycling" (selling) some of its carbon dioxide emissions. (NPR)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102920210

Bangor Daily News
A federal grant went to a project for developing tidal power in Maine.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103480.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id=&page=2

The Maine legislature rejected a proposed tax on plastic shopping bags.
http://www.bangordailynews.com/detail/103418.html?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id=&page=2

BBC News
On the need--and possibilities--for developing crops that can grow in saltwater as irrigated soils get salty and sea levels rise.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7765109.stm

The EU will actively try to expand is aquaculture industries.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7989295.stm

A small cardboard solar cooker won first prize in an international contest of practical inventions to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7991654.stm

Oil drilling vs. drinkable water: legal and political battles in Peru.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7951182.stm

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