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Hog heaven! Bacon-powered motorcycle headed for California
2014-08-10 03:19:36| Food - Topix.net
The retrofitted bike runs on a biofuel made from bacon grease. The pig-fueled expedition is part of a Hormel Foods marketing campaign.
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Could California run on 100% renewable power by 2050?
2014-08-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fast Company: It's becoming more and more obvious, if it wasn't already, that we don't have that much time to cut greenhouse gas emissions before climate change is out of control: One recent U.N. report suggests that energy systems will have to completely transform by 2050. So what might that actually look like? One new project involves mapping out the details state by state, starting with a vision of a smog-free California in which every car and truck would run on electricity or fuel cells, and every watt...
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California drought: recycling waste water to replenish ground reserves
2014-08-07 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Orange County's waste water facility is the world's biggest treatment plant, pumping 70m gallons of water a day to recharge groundwater levels. Now the state which is in the midst of a historic drought is expanding the plant. The $140m expansion will recycle 100m gallons of water a day and provide water to an additional 250,000 residents in the state. Suzanne Goldenberg visits the Fountain Valley plant and takes a sip of the treated water
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$6 billion water bond promised by governor rescue California from drought
2014-08-07 14:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: California governor Jerry Brown has called upon lawmakers to approve a $6 billion (3.5bn) bond measure to secure the states water supply, as the east coast suffers from a record drought. The $6 billion bond is far smaller than the original $11.1 billion (6.5bn) bond that was approved in 2011 by then state governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Brown stated that California could not afford the repayments, on top of an already large bond debt repayment scheme it is currently following, but drastically...
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Siemens To Bring eHighway Demonstration To California
2014-08-07 11:24:42| pollutiononline Home Page
Siemens has been selected by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to install an eHighway system in the proximity of the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the two largest ports in the U.S. Siemens eHighway is the electrification of select highway lanes via a catenary system which supplies trucks with electric power, similar to how modern day trolleys or streetcars are powered on many city streets, while still offering the same flexibility as diesel trucks
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