Tag: News
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Group Bestows ‘Biomess Award’ on UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change for Support of Biomass
Campaigners have awarded the UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) the “Biomess Award” after coming out on top of an online poll coinciding with a major biomass industry conference in London, with Drax and the Green Investment Bank coming a close second and third place, respectively. [caption id="attachment_330077" align="alignnone" width="440"] Photo credit: Biofuelwatch[/caption]…
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300+ Devoted Activists Rally in Minnestoa Against Proposed Tar Sands Pipeline Expansion Project
The sky was gray, the temp was just below freezing, the wind was whistling and sleet was pelting down on Kellogg Park in downtown St. Paul, MN, last week… …but that wasn’t enough to stop more than 300 of us from across the Midwest who came to rally and march against the proposed expansion of…
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Genetically Engineering Trees for Biofuel Undermines Real Energy and Climate Solutions
Scientists and environmentalists today condemned a recent press release by researchers at the University of British Columbia announcing they have created genetically engineered (GE) poplar trees for paper and biofuel production, opening the prospect of growing these GE trees like an agricultural crop in the future. [caption id="attachment_330002" align="alignnone" width="500"] GE poplars with altered lignin…
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Hanwha Q CELLS Completes First Utility-Scale Solar Project on Active EPA Superfund Site
Hanwha Q CELLS, an international solar developer, manufacturer and solutions provider, commemorated the historic completion of the first utility scale solar project constructed on an active EPA Superfund site. Hanwha Q CELLS was joined by project partners including the US EPA, Vertellus Specialties Inc., Indiana Department of Environmental Management, IndianaRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Prized for Profit: Rare White Lions and Tigers Exposed to Selective Inbreeding in Zoos
Although the wild cats on display in zoos seem to be the kings and queens of their exhibits, the reality of their lives in captivity is far from royal. Illegal poaching, trophy hunting, retaliative persecution and habitat loss subjects wildlife species to extinction or captivity, and has brought populations of wild cats in the world…