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California opens world's largest solar power farm
2014-02-16 13:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Environmentalists in California face a difficult dilemma after it emerged that a brand new solar power plant could actually be scorching to death some birds that fly over it. The Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System spans 5 square miles (13 square kilometres) of the Mojave Desert near the border with Nevada, and opened on Thursday despite strong objections from wildlife activists. Although it has the potential to provide green energy to 140,000 homes, the Ivanpah project has also been criticised...
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Brown Cow Farm to close yogurt-processing plant in Antioch
2014-02-15 19:47:05| Food - Topix.net
Brown Cow Farms has processed yogurt in a nondescript building hidden among medical offices and shops along Delta Fair Boulevard for a quarter of a century.
Floods in Britain threaten farm output and investment
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Floods in southwest England and elsewhere have submerged crops and destroyed cattle bedding and feed, with the consequences likely to be felt for months, or even years, in terms of lower production of both crops and meat. Britain's Environment Agency had issued 416 flood warnings and alerts, as of early Thursday, including 16 under its most serious category, indicating danger to life. Thousands of acres of farmland in Britain are under water, with some submerged for weeks, although agricultural...
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South Australia's biggest wind farm approved
2014-02-14 01:00:00| Power Technology
Senvion Australia, formerly REpower Australia, has received conditional approval from the South Australian Government to develop the Ceres wind farm.
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New Animal Science Research Initiative In Farm Bill Draws Praise
2014-02-13 15:22:00| Beef
By Lowell Randel, NAAAS Federal investment in the animal sciences has been declining for many years. A new competitive grants program included in the farm bill provides the opportunity to step up investments in animal research. read more
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