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Welcome to Eco. This section is dedicated to our many environments around the globe. Ever changing contributions, reverence and demands. Observing and managing our "home."



Should the US lean more on natural gas in its energy mix? E-Mail

Article Source: CS Monitor

Natural gas could serve as a carbon-light ‘bridge fuel’ while renewable energy sources are still gaining ground in the US energy mix, a new study from MIT says.

The US could get a running start at curbing its greenhouse-gas emissions by shifting its energy mix more rapidly toward natural gas in the next few years, allowing renewable energy sources like wind and solar time to gain ground, a study released Friday found.

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'Culture Integral to Agriculture E-Mail

Article Source: InterPress Service

ROME, May 21, 2010 (IPS) - Biodiversity in agriculture is about culture. Traditional knowledge and culture are as important as research and investments aver farmers, researchers and academicians who are gathered in Rome to celebrate International Day for Biodiversity on Saturday.

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World People’s Conference on Climate Change Drafts Indigenous Peoples Declaration E-Mail

Article Source: CulturalSurvival.org

World People’s Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth, organized by the Bolivian government, was held in Cochabamba, Bolivia April 19-22, 2010 as a response to failed climate talks in Copenhagen during the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP 15) climate meetings in December 2009.

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America's most common light bulb gets LED replacement E-Mail

Article Source: USA Today

Consumers will soon be able to replace the most common light bulb in U.S. households, the 60-watt incandescent, with an ultra-efficient LED, according to manufacturer Royal Philips Electronics.

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Student's idea turns roadsides into biodiesel cash cropland E-Mail

Article Source: USA Today

SALT LAKE CITY — One mile southwest of Salt Lake International Airport, a 20-acre crop of safflower plants is growing on previously unused municipal land. This fall the plot will be harvested, and oil from the plants will be processed into biodiesel fuel to operate Salt Lake County vehicles.

The new use for the vacant land in the airport's flight path is part of a Utah State University program that uses highway rights of way and other unused open spaces to grow oilseed crops for biodiesel fuel.

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