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United Kingdom: Wind farms will create more carbon dioxide, say scientists
2013-02-24 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The finding, which threatens the entire rationale of the onshore wind farm industry, will be made by Scottish government-funded researchers who devised the standard method used by developers to calculate "carbon payback time' for wind farms on peat soils. Wind farms are typically built on upland sites, where peat soil is common. In Scotland alone, two thirds of all planned onshore wind development is on peatland. England and Wales also have large numbers of current or proposed peatland wind farms....
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Urbanites combat climate change with rooftop farms
2013-02-23 23:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
MSNBC: President Obama brought the issue of climate change out of exile during his State of the Union address by issuing a demand for Congress: if they don`t act swiftly, he will. But as Congress continues to lightly mull a plan of action, urban visionaries John Stoddard and Courtney Hennessey of Higher Ground Farm are cultivating their own solution to environmental problems. "In our vision we`ve got this amazing green roof that produces food and then also has these great environmental benefits, one...
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Fracking Our Farms: A Tale of Five Farming Families
2013-02-21 18:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: [Authors note: On Sunday, Feb. 17, I marched with the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) at the Forward on Climate rally in Washington, DC. At one point, our banner, Cook Organic Not the Planet, caught the eye of a dairy farmer. He approached. I handed him a flyer and launched into my pitch about how organic agriculture has the power to bring dangerous carbon dioxide levels back down to the safe level of 350 parts-per-million. He nodded politely, then stopped me short with this If they frack...
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Bird flu virus hits poultry farms in Mexico
2013-02-20 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Mexico has confirmed an outbreak of bird flu across seven farms in the state of Guanajuato, caused by a strain of H7N3 virus.
Industrias Bachoco confirms avian flu on some poultry farms in Mexico
2013-02-19 22:30:19| Livestock - Topix.net
Industrias Bachoco S.A.B. de C.V., one of Mexico's leading producers and processors of poultry and other food products, issued a statement regarding an outbreak of the avian influenza virus.
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