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Solar Farm Ribbon Cutting Held Monday
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Last Updated: 1:01 PM 01/30/12 - SunEnergy1 has completed the first stage of its own solar farm located in Plymouth, NC and held a ribbon cutting ceremony Monday. (Full Story)
Organic Farming May Be Outgrowing Its Ideals
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Last Updated: 2:58 AM 12/31/11 - Products moving away from emphasis on local growing, sustainability. (Full Story)
Environmentalists Fight Planned Wind Farm In NC
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Last Updated: 2:14 PM 12/04/11 - Environmental groups are fighting a planned wind farm near a wildlife refuge in northeastern North Carolina. (Full Story)
New Year Will Bring New Light Bulb Law
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Last Updated: 9:58 AM 11/03/11 - Beginning January 1, 2012 the Energy Independence and Security Act will go into effect for light bulbs. (Full Story)
Obama Yields On Smog Rule In Face Of GOP Demands
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Last Updated: 5:44 AM 09/03/11 - In a dramatic reversal, President Barack Obama on Friday scrubbed a clean-air regulation that aimed to reduce health-threatening smog, yielding to bitterly protesting businesses and congressional Republicans who complained the rule would kill jobs in America's ailing economy. (Full Story)
Some Gasoline-Fueled Cars Save You More Money Than Hybrids, Electrics In The Short-Term
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Last Updated: 12:33 PM 07/26/11 - Some people have gone to extremes to pay less for gas, but taking a look at 2011 cars, you don't have to break the bank to have a fuel efficient vehicle. (Full Story)
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  • Slash-and-burn 'improves tropical forest biodiversity'
    Slash-and-burn agricultural practices, banned by governments because of the risk of uncontrolled fires, provide better growing conditions for valuable new trees than more modern methods of forest clearance, a study suggests.
  • Rare Moroccan Argan Oil – Now Made In Israel
    Argan oil, rich in vitamin E and fatty acids, has become the sensation of the decade, sought after by chemists, dieticians, hair salons, chefs and cosmeticians. Until recently, it was a rare product grown only in the Atlas Mountains and traditionally made by Moroccan tribes, as the Argan tree could not grow outside of Morocco. Now, Israeli company Sivan is developing "Argan 100" – a super strain of Argan that is tolerant of the Mediterranean climate and can produce ten times more nuts than the average tree in Morocco, they say.
  • Bahamas' Blue Holes harbor strange lifeforms
    Clues to how life evolved, not only on this planet but also possibly on alien worlds, might be found in underwater caves in the Bahamas, researchers say. The caves in question are called "blue holes," so-named because from the air, their entrances appear circular in shape, with different shades of blue water in and around them. There are estimated to be more than 1,000 such caves in the Bahamas, the greatest concentration of blue holes in the world.
  • Rising ocean acidity worst for Caribbean and Pacific
    The current trend of increasing ocean acidification, which threatens fisheries around the world, is driven mainly by man-made changes and is higher even than that seen at the end of the last ice age, some 11,000 year ago, a study has said. Much of the carbon released by human activity ends up in the oceans, increasing their acidity and reducing the growth of corals and molluscs, which in turn may affect fisheries and aquaculture.
  • Dune Flows
    Sand dunes flow over the land subject to the winds like ocean waves or rivers. What makes them move? What makes them start or stop? In a study at the White Sands National Monument in New Mexico, University of Pennsylvania researchers have uncovered a unifying mechanism to explain the beautiful dune patterns that occur. The findings may also hold implications for identifying when dune landscapes like those in Nebraska's Sand Hills may reach a tipping point under climate change, going from valuable grazing land to barren desert.
  • The Future of Trucking is Electric
    Trucking has become the most common mode for transporting goods across the land. However, all those trucks on the road burning diesel fuel can create a great deal of air pollution. Plus, higher gas prices cause increases in the prices of goods. Now is the time to consider the next era of trucking, the electric truck. At the moment, they cost about three times more than the internal combustion engine truck. However, a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) shows that a fleet of electric trucks can actually be more cost effective than the standard diesel fleet.
  • Tel Aviv Water Wells Polluted from Contamination
    A recent study discovered that many Tel Aviv wells are polluted beyond suitability as drinking water sources. Data collected by the Health Ministry and Water Authority showed that 96 of a total 166 wells in the Tel Aviv area were closed due to contamination. Nearly two-thirds of the wells have been shuttered since 1980, when all 166 were in full operation.
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