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Beyond war - Drought plagues Afghanistan
Not a Bulletin On this week's edition of Earthbeat : Fossil fuels many ... daily lives. We talk to one couple who are doing it differently... and saving money too. Read ... personal efforts to save energy are worthless. He makes a plea for us to build bigger better energy ...
US government to curb emissions
also result in significant savings. Last year the federal government spent 25 billion dollars on electricity and fuel. (clean energy, federal government, global warming, North America, reduction ...
Huge subsidies stimulate worldwide carbon emissions
fossil-fuel-subsidies-650.jpg The use of fossil fuels is being subsidised ... . Fossil fuel subsidies are generally introduced with the best intentions. In developing countries, they are introduced to make energy, such as petrol and heating fuel, affordable for ordinary people. In rich ...
Not just any old weed
of course, by fossil fuels that produces Co2. 2% may not sound like a lot but if airplanes are being ... saving energy at the same time so are we hearing the death knell of the 9-5? Also on the programme we ...
Heating homes with cowpats
The manure from one cow can provide enough fuel to heat seven houses. In the run-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, we are looking at unusual energy-saving initiatives ... Electricity made at home saves money and the environment ...
Japanese whaler rams protest boat
, a high-tech catamaran powered by biodiesel fuel and used in Sea Shepherd's anti-whaling protests. After ... find a solution that allows the Japanese to save face and gracefully leave the Southern Ocean for good ...
Government's green credentials questioned
using non energy-saving light bulbs. They also complain about the environmentally unfriendly way ... be smaller and more fuel-efficient and that politicians and administrators should cycle to work or use public ...
France quits search for crash jet's black box
where the plane went down, why it went down and possibly could have saved lives.” Getting to the crash site early may save lives, getting the DFDR can prevent recurring fatal crashes. It’s not just ... . The real-time use of the data recorders will save a substantial amount of lives, make our country safer ...
Young rice farmer struggling despite microcredit
, it will save money and soil? The time needed from sow to The time needed from sow to harvest is about ... other products. When the oil producing nations overcharge for fuel, the other companies and those who ... 't the farmers go for natural farming methods instead of fertilisers and pesticides, it will save money and soil ...
Climate sceptics have plenty to laugh about
the pretext of a climate disaster. It is fine to save energy and research alternative fuels, but pumping so ...
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