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Cockenzie power station turned off

2013-03-16 01:41:44| Energy - Topix.net

Cockenzie power station's four turbines stopped generating electricity on Friday morning, marking the "end of an era" for the East Lothian site and its operators.

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Indonesia: 'Protected' Forest in North Kalimantan Turned into Plantations, Settlements: Officials

2013-03-12 14:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Jakarta Globe: Officials with the North Kalimantan district of Nunukan on Tuesday admitted that 700 hectares of protected forest area in the region had been converted into oil palm plantations and settlements. The forest, which is protected under a 1979 agriculture minister regulation, is situated on Sebatik Island in Nunukan and originally covered 1,054 hectares. But now 70 percent of its once dense tree coverage has disappeared. Hamran, head of the Central Sebatik subdistrict, has put the blame on local...

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A West Marin musician turned filmmaker focuses on three eco-warriors in new documentary

2013-02-16 22:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Marin Independent Journal: After months of traveling to screenings at film festivals around the world, West Marin musician cum filmmaker Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee is looking forward to showing his first feature-length documentary to a hometown audience next Saturday night in Point Reyes Station. In "Elemental," which Variety calls "an interesting view of eco-warriors at work," Vaughan-Lee profiles three environmental activists on as many continents, including one that he found right in his own backyard. "I've been living...

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Coconut water: 'Waste that's turned into gold'

2013-02-07 23:08:45| Beverages - Topix.net

Philippine farmer Liezl Balmaceda has never heard of Madonna, but the pop star's endorsement of coconut water may help change her impoverished life for the better.

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