Ethanol isn’t the only biofuel
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US Bureau of Land Management Reverses Anti-Solar decision
A few months back the US Bureau of Land Management announced a two year halt to granting permits for solar farm development on federal lands. The bureau had expressed concern about the possible unknown effects of large footprint solar farms on wildlife in undeveloped areas.
As an environmentally aware individual, I can certainly appreciate that a [...]
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Cut back on fertilizer and help save the Gulf of Mexico
Photo courtesy of Ken-ichi at Flickr.com.
Fertilizer doesn’t belong in the ocean.
Every time it rains, excess fertilizer washes off into rivers that eventually feed into the sea. Unnatural levels of phosphorous encourage algae to grow, and algal blooms suffocate fish or poison them with neurotoxins. The effect happens so fast that animals don’t have time [...]
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Turning trash into fuel for our cars
Photo courtesy of JohnKit at Flickr.com.
Trash, trash, trash. We’ve got plenty of it! Just take a look around your neighborhood on trash pickup day - all those bulging bags are headed to the landfill, where they’ll be buried and put out of sight, out of mind. Yet those bags may contain a solution to [...]
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Go Green Taxi
Back in the 1800s, a Dallas businessman wrote that Fort Worth, Texas was so boring that a panther was seen sleeping on main street “undisturbed by the rush of men or the hum of trade.” Fort Worth citizens rallied behind this and Fort Worth has been known as Panther City. There is even a panther [...]
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