Archive for March, 2008
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008The United Kingdom is surrounded by water and a while ago they realized that they can make use of so much water - to generate power. Another British company will develop a new project, but there is only one problem - they are going to build it in South Korea.
This project consists of the biggest tidal [...]
Black Carbon Emerges As A Much Bigger Enemy
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008US researchers discovered that soot produced by burning wood, coal, diesel, and dung causes even more damage to the environment than we previously thought. The so-called ‘black carbon’ may be three to four times greater than most estimates, and that would be almost 60% of the current warming effect of carbon dioxide, becoming an [...]
Park Official Arrested For Killing Gorillas
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Honore Mashagiro, a member of the Congolese Nature Conservation Institute was arrested after claims that he organized the killing of ten rare mountain gorillas. The horrible events took place in the Virunga National Park, an area that is in a region where rebels have set up a base, on the eastern border of Congo.
Millions [...]
100 Million Gallons Of Ethanol From One Plant
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Range Fuels have raised $100 million to build a plant that they believe to be able to produce 100 million gallons of ethanol per year, all that from wood scraps. The company previously received funds worth up to $76 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.
To convert the wood wastes into ethanol, Range Fuels will [...]
Researchers To Develop The Next Generation Of Plastic Solar Cells
Tuesday, March 25th, 2008Threatened by the progress made by printed and inkjet-printed solar cells, the developers of plastic solar cells needed to improve their technology and came up with a new generation of solar cells. The researchers that managed a breakthrough came from the United States and Austria.
They claim that the next generation of solar cells should be [...]
