1 Prince Charles throws open garden for green festival
Prince Charles is opening the grounds of his London home to the public today for a garden party aiming to promote sustainability with a mix of weird and wonderful exhibits and displays. Source: Times of Malta
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2 Press release
On the 10th anniversary of the September 2000 fuel blockades (Wednesday 8 September 2010) Friends of the Earth is calling on the Government to use next month's Comprehensive Spending Review to protect people from future oil price rises and cut the UK's carbon emissions by prioritising funding for local schemes that boost public transport, walking and cycling. Source: Friends of the Earth
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3 Finland eyes world's first 'green highway'
The Nordic country is planning to build a carbon-neutral highway, placing filling stations for electric and biofuel-powered cars, smart lighting systems and clean energy production facilities along the route. Source: EurActiv
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4 Old Braddock gas station may be converted to pump 'biofuels'
A business that collects used cooking oil and processes it into fuel for diesel-powered vehicles plans to convert a dilapidated gas station in Braddock into a biofuels filling station next year. Source: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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5 Report card on South Hampton Roads legislators
U.S. Rep. Bobby Scott, D-Newport News Represents the 3rd Congressional District, which includes parts of Norfolk and Portsmouth and stretches up to Richmond. First elected in 1992. Committees: Judiciary, Budget, Education and Labor. Voted with the Democratic Party majority 98 percent of the time.* Source: The Virginian-Pilot
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6 Prince Charles spreads the green gospel with a £50k 5-day Royal Train trip!
The Prince is travelling across Britain in the nine-carriage Royal Train promoting the benefits of sustainable living, including the importance of cycling and walking. Source: Daily Mail
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7 Fuel options set to dwindle in Queensland
REGULAR unleaded petrol could be stripped from most service stations, experts warn. Source: Daily Telegraph
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8 Fuel options set to dwindle
REGULAR unleaded petrol could be stripped from most service stations when the state's ethanol mandate is introduced at the end of the year, experts warn. Source: The Courier Mail
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9 Waste oil, tofu swap kills 3 birds with 1 stone
FUKUSHIMA - When is used cooking oil not considered waste? Households in Samegawamura, Fukushima Prefecture, think they have the answer. When the excess is exchanged for locally produced tofu, and refined to produce biofuel used to run official vehicles. Source: AsiaOne
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10 Most New Farmland Comes From Cutting Down Forests
A new study led by a Stanford researcher shows that more than 80 percent of the new farmland created in the tropics between 1980 and 2000 came from felling forests, which sends carbon into the atmosphere and drives global warming. But the research team also noted that big agribusiness has largely replaced small farmers in doing most of the tree cutting in Brazil and Indonesia, which may make it ... Source: redOrbit
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