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ZapRoot: Scurvy Green Seas

June 21, 2008 – 12:39 am

On this week’s episode: Greening the scurvy seas with SkySails cargo shipping. Renewzle makes DIY solar paneling your home easy. Michel de Broin’s Flintstones-like car goes to court.

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Ships Hauling Less as Water Levels Drop in Great Lakes

December 5, 2007 – 3:14 pm

TreeHugger
With critics arguing that it would cost too much to successfully tackle climate change, I’d suggest they consider taking a look at the fact that low water in the Great Lakes, caused by a combination of long-and short-term natural effects, could wind up costing big bucks to the economy. Because with Lakes Michigan and Huron [...]

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Shipping shortcut poses environmental risks

November 1, 2007 – 12:42 am

C.P. Rajendran
5 October 2007                                                                                                                           
Source: SciDev.Net
Dredging India’s Sethusamundram ship channel poses environmental risks, and could even magnify future tsunami damage, says C.P. Rajendran.
The Sethusamundram ship channel project is deepening a 75 kilometre section of the 152 kilometre passage in the shallow sea between India and Sri Lanka. On the face of it, the idea is [...]

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