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ZapRoot: Rights for Chickens

January 3, 2009 – 1:05 am

On this week’s episode: Chickens need love, too. And, these days, they are getting lots of attention. Meet the rock that rocks. It can capture CO2 emissions from the air.

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Smoking kills – Kolaghat coal plant protest

October 12, 2007 – 3:44 pm

 
GreenPeace
11 October 2007

Greenpeace painted “Smoking Kills” on the smoke stacks of the Kolaghat Thermal Power Station.
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Kolkata, India — Today, Greenpeace India activists scaled a 76 metre (250ft) smokestack spewing carbon dioxide at the Kolaghat coal fired power station, to paint the message “SMOKING KILLS”. No, we’re not talking about cigarettes – we’re pointing the [...]

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In The News

September 20, 2007 – 1:05 pm

Source:
Wildlife Conservation Society

Date:
September 20, 2007

More on:
Fish, Ecology, Nature, Ecology Research, Sustainability, Exotic Species

Canada’s Pristine Freshwater Fisheries At Risk
Science Daily — If you want to catch a trophy northern pike, walleye or brook trout in the northern Canadian wilderness, better plan your trip soon.

Scott’s Dam near Marmora, Ontario, Canada. Looming development, including forestry, mining and dam [...]

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Electric Power Research Gets A “Can Do” Attitude On Climate

August 21, 2007 – 4:05 pm

TreeHugger
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has released a study that shows that “the aggressive development and implementation of a full portfolio of advanced electricity technologies could reduce the economic cost of cutting future U.S. CO2 emissions by more than 50 per cent while meeting the continuing growth in demand for electricity.” All this, and [...]

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