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Academies: We must address energy imbalance

October 23, 2007 – 5:30 am

The world’s poor must have better access to energy, says the report
Jia Hepeng
22 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
[BEIJING] An energy report released today (22 October) by the world’s science academies has highlighted the need for sustainable energy projects to prioritise the basic energy needs of poor people.
The InterAcademy Council (IAC) [...]

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Chinese biofuel ‘will not stress water resources’

October 12, 2007 – 8:01 am

 
 

Sun Xiaohua
11 October 2007
Source: SciDev.Net
Experts have refuted a study’s claims that China’s plans to greatly increase production of biofuel will put greater stress on the country’s water supplies.
The study, released today (11 October) was conducted by researchers from the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) in Sri Lanka, part [...]

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Chopsticks - The new Biofuel? Japan Thinks So

August 25, 2007 – 6:12 pm

TreeHugger
Yup, crazy at it may seem, Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is looking to introduce recycling bins to begin collection the country’s hearty supply of disposable chopsticks. It appears, that on average, each of that nations 127 million souls discards 200 sets annually. The resulting 90,000 tons of wood can, apparently, be converted [...]

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Bio-Digesters in India: Nothing Wasted, A Lot More Gained

June 28, 2007 – 10:26 am

TreeHugger
In the tropical green south Indian state of Kerala, there is a fresh strategy of dealing with an old problem of waste: specially designed, efficient organic ‘digesters’ that turn solid waste into energy.
Beginning in 1994, a local NGO called Bio-tech pioneered the development of their ‘integrated waste recycling plant,’ where large amounts of organic waste [...]

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