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• Turning CO2 into Natural Gas

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 602
  Japanese researchers aim to use bacteria to help convert carbon dioxide trapped below the ocean into natural gas, reports Yahoo, via AFP.The Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology has been perfecting a method to activate a type of bacteria that exists deep in the earth’s crust, and use it to convert ...
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• Sped-Up Bacteria Could Transform Carbon Dioxide into Natural Gas [Bacteria]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 895
  Bacteria naturally turn carbon dioxide into methane gas over billions of years. Now Japanese researchers want to give that process a speed boost, to help counter global warming and create some much-needed natural gas . Agence France-Presse reports that Japan hopes to reduce the transformation period from ...
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• “Hilary” Benn and the coming food rationing

  
  The Libertarian Alliance: BLOG — Authority: 138
  David Davis Now they’re getting at restaurants and the poor-people’s takeaway joints first . These will cave in because there is “no-one to stand up for them”. “ part of a new Government drive to prevent obesity, climate change and global food shortages” My trousers! And furthermore, how can a ...
  19 hours ago

• Food Waste Becomes National Issue

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 495
  With both Gordon Brown and Hilary Benn making recent statements about the importance of not wasting food it is clear that food waste is a key issue of waste management.  Not only does food waste take up a lot of space in landfills, but when it is broken down by microorganisms it releases methane gas into the ...
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• A Whole Handful of Lost Prints (Onsale Info)

  
  OMG Posters! — Authority: 555
  Looks like a bunch of folks are releasing their Lost prints this week.  Dan McCarthy and Tim Doyle have already sold out, but there are still plenty more to come.  Below you will find the onsale info for the next few, and I will of course keep you posted on more.  Enjoy! “The Smoke Monster” by Ken Taylor ...
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• Fish Waste Turned to Energy

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 495
  As the world slowly comes to terms with the fact that climate change is a very real threat that must be dealt with, people are looking for new ways to get greener.  This has led the governments of the world to put pressure on local governments and councils to come up with new and innovative ways to reduce waste and ...
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• Feces Powered Water Plant Saves Millions

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 495
  In the search for green technology people may find themselves in some pretty unpleasant places.  This is because some of the best energy sources come from things that don’t usually come up in polite conversation.  One of the most valuable sources of energy actually comes from human waste, which through various ...
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• Curry says debate over budget, drilling regs most influential in party switch

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 611
  State Rep. Kathleen Curry Monday reiterated to the Colorado Independent that last week’s surprising switch in party affiliation from Democrat to Independent had nothing to do with “one event or person or bill or situation,” but she added that two particularly tough debates colored her decision. Asked if ...
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• Benn Gets Tough on Food Waste

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 495
  When people talk about the environment the subject usually revolves car emissions, which means chatter about the usual suspects, cars, factories, big corporations that pollute rivers and cities, but very few people talk about food.  Not only does the production of food make up a large percentage of the world’s ...
  3 days ago

• January 2010 --an active month for natural disasters-volcanoes, earthquakes, methane burps

  
  Smart Economy — Authority: 127
  A 7.2 earthquake rattled the Solomon Islands today (see http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Maps/10/155_-10.php and http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php )      N,B. An earthquake probability map is available at ...
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• Coal mine blast kills nine in Pakistan

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Islamabad, Jan 3 (DPA) An underground explosion in a coal mine in Pakistan’s south-western Balochistan province killed nine people, a media report said Sunday.The blast ripped through a gas-filled mine Saturday at the Marwar coalfield, located 80 km from the provincial capital, Quetta.Rescuers recovered the bodies ...
  4 days ago

• Flash! Lakes Confirmed in Titan's Northern Hemisphere!

  
  QUEST Community Science Blog - KQED — Authority: 426
  NASAs Cassini spacecraft captured this image of sunlight reflecting off of a lake on the surface of Saturns moon Titan. Credit: NASA/Cassini In a literal flash of insight—well, "infrared sight," really– NASAs Cassini spacecraft has confirmed the existence of lakes of liquid in the Northern Hemisphere of Saturns ...
  5 days ago

• Recipes for Eliminating Food Waste

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 495
  With all of the parties and revelry surrounding the holiday season one of the things that goes largely unnoticed is the massive amount of food that gets wasted.  Not only is this wasted food a slap in the face to anyone around the world who is hungry, it also creates unique problems for the environment, as much of ...
  6 days ago

• Find Out the Kind of Farter You Are and Share in a Survey

  
  Digital Citizen — Authority: 121
  Learn about the two kinds of farters by smell, and share in a survey which you are.
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• Cattle industry has a beef with EPA over greenhouse gases

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 662
  Filed under: Etc. , Green Culture , Legislation and Policy , Green Daily , USA To the surprise of many, the vast majority of the automakers that sell their wares here in the United States welcomed the EPAs decision earlier in the year that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are damaging to the ...
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• Algae Diet Could Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Cows

  
  CleanTechnica — Authority: 607
  Cow farts are emerging as a major source of the greenhouse gas methane , but scientists in Australia may be on to a simple way to nip that in the bud. Preliminary studies are showing that feeding “algae cakes” to cows results in a significant reduction in their methane emissions. As reported in The ...
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• Under the icy north lurks a ‘carbon bomb’: scientists fear for boreal wilderness, too

  
  Climate Change: The Next Generation — Authority: 149
  Under the icy north lurks a ‘carbon bomb’ Tropical deforestation is a climate change crisis, but scientists fear for boreal wilderness, too A lake in the boreal forest north of Ottawa. Peat in the forest has been absorbing and storing carbon for thousands of years. (Fred Chartrand/ The Canadian Press ...
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• Study: Plug-in cars are cleaner than gas, hydrogen cars could be worse

  
  Autoblog Green — Authority: 662
  Filed under: EV/Plug-in , Hydrogen , Green Daily Sometimes, it seems like people are out there studying things just to get our little community here up in arms. Case in point, a study published in Science Direct that looks at the well-to-wheels emissions of various "vehicle and fuel platforms," including ...
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• Happy New Year!!

  
  Climate of Our Future — Authority: 128
  We at Climate of Our Future would like to thank you for all the continued support you have shown.  As we close 2009 lets reflect back on some of what we covered.We just presented this award to close our year with acknowledgement ...
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• Tonnes of Food Wasted over Holidays

  
  Recycling, Green, and Environmental News — Authority: 495
  As the holiday season starts to wind down people are left with all of the excess rubbish, food, gift wrapping, boxes, can, and jars that are left behind after holiday celebrations.  This means that if each person does not take responsibility that Christmas can be a season of waste as well as joy.  One particularly ...
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