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Sunday, June 15th, 2008In line with the return to the theaters on June 12 of the movie The Incredible Hulk, The World Land Trust partners with Universal Pictures in developing a timely undertaking to ensure that the Hulk’s greenness impacts its hordes of fans in an eco-friendly way. They called it the “Incredible Hulk Carbon Calculator.â€
The environmentally-oriented project [...]
Dead Zone’s Increase In Size Feared
Thursday, June 12th, 2008Scientists and researchers from Louisiana State University and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium have predicted a “dead zone†off the coasts of Texas and Louisiana to grow to more than 10,000 square miles soon. The so-called dead zone is composed mainly of oxygen-depleted waters that pose to suffocate fish, shrimp and crabs, and seriously threaten [...]
India Proposes Use Of Alternative Fuel Source
Monday, June 9th, 2008Already retailed for more than $100 dollars per barrel, the incessant hike of oil prices in the world market brings a myriad of effects on oil-dependent countries, with most of it tilting on the negative. As a raw material, the high rise of oil has resulted in the upsurge of prices of basic consumer commodities [...]
Extension Of The Renewable Energy Tax Credit Proposed
Tuesday, April 15th, 2008After officials from the renewable energy industry tried everything to extend an important investment tax credit which is set to expire at the end of this year, two senators decided to help. John Ensign (R-Nev.) and Mary Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced a bill to extend the credit and offer incentives for measures regarding energy efficiency.
The Clean [...]
New Soils That Absorb Carbon From The Atmosphere
Monday, April 7th, 2008David Manning, Professor of Soil Science is leading a team of scientists from the Newcastle University that are aiming at creating a type of soil that will capture carbon from the air. The fact that plants use carbon in their photosynthesis and then pump the surplus of the substance through their roots, into the [...]
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