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Spark Workshop Takes 13,000SF of Creative Space in Brooklyns Industry City

2013-02-07 02:28:00| National Real Estate Investor

Can biogas spark a revolution on India's farms?

2013-02-01 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

AlertNet: Parshottambhai Shanabhai Patel, 65, says the biggest favour the people of his village did for him "was saying they would no longer put up with the stink from my cowshed at the entrance of the village.' Reluctantly in 1994, Patel shifted his eight animals to his three-hectare farm three kilometres away from his village in Gujarat State's Anand district. The district is where Indian dairy cooperative AMUL started the country's "white revolution," a hugely successful grassroots movement that has...

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Climate change and quotas spark new fish wars with Iceland

2013-01-26 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: When Graham Hall started out as a trawlerman, the port of Grimsby was crammed with so many boats local legend had it you could walk from deck to deck across the entire harbour. But just three turquoise trawlers could be spotted last week 60% of the town's remaining fleet. The Icelandic cod wars of the 1970s, when Iceland extended its fishing zones and excluded UK trawlers from territory it had previously harvested, obliterated what had, in the 50s, been the biggest fishing port in the world....

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Fiddling on the roof: Can $10 million in prize money spark a solar revolution?

2013-01-18 13:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: Want to know the real reason that rooftop solar panels havent spread across the United States yet? Slap a few panels on your roof some night and wait for the local code enforcer to notice them. Then count the citations as they roll in. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, weve got the technology to power our lights with solar, but the red tape gets in the way. Regulatory hoops are holding up solar progress, says the agency (which is somewhat famous for its regulatory hoops), and making...

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