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German Pig farmers Ignore EU Animal Protection Laws
2013-02-13 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
GERMANY - Der Spiegel magazine recently met a group of activists secretly breaking into Germany's pig farms in the dead of night to document wide-spread flouting of laws designed to improve conditions for pigs kept in large-scale livestock compounds.
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German student creates electromagnetic harvester that gathers free electricity from thin air
2013-02-12 19:30:01| Extremetech
A German student has built an electromagnetic harvester that recharges an AA battery by soaking up ambient, environmental radiation. These harvesters can gather free electricity from just about anything, including overhead power lines, coffee machines, refrigerators, or even the emissions from your WiFi router or smartphone.
Siemens to power German offshore wind farm with 80 turbines
2013-02-12 01:00:00| Power Technology
Power equipment manufacturer Siemens will supply and install 80 wind turbines for the Butendiek offshore wind power plant, off Germany's North Sea coast.
German Environment Minister: We Want to Limit Fracking
2013-02-11 18:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany's environment minister said on Monday he did not want to make it easy for companies to "frack" for shale gas and could not see the practice happening in his country in the "forseeable future". Pending rules for the drilling techniques would likely be tightened, said Peter Altmaier, a conservative politician in chancellor Angela Merkel's government. "The message is we want to limit fracking, we don't want to facilitate it," he told Deutschlandfunk radio. "And anyway I don't see in the...
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German Environment Minister: No Fracking for Shale Gas in Germany Any Time Soon
2013-02-11 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Germany's environment minister says he doesn't expect the extraction of natural gas by "fracking" will start any time soon in Europe's biggest economy. Shale gas is located underground across Europe, but environmental concerns over extracting it are widespread. Hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," frees natural gas from shale by injecting a well with chemically treated water and sand. Supporters say it can be an economic boon, but critics say it can pollute groundwater. Environment Minister...
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