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Grass cuttings 'to be used as biofuel' (www.telegraph.co.uk)

Grass cuttings could soon be used to power cars, under a scheme to transform garden waste into biofuel.

Tags: biofuel,grass,carbon trust,carbon emissions,fossil fuels,axion energy,uk,technology

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Big Oil Wreaks Havoc in the Amazon, But Communities Are Fighting Back (www.alternet.org)

This time it's not Chevron in Ecuador but Occidental Petroleum in Peru. And the local community has had enough of giveaways to corporate polluters.

Tags: amazon,peru,occidental petroleum,lawsuit,chevron,oil

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Small Actions Add Up to Big Cuts in Global Warming Pollution (switchboard.nrdc.org)

What good do individual efforts like these achieve in the face of the biggest environmental and humanitarian crisis of our time? They do a ton of good, actually.

Tags: carbon emissions,climate change,nrdc,government policy,sustainability

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Gold, Guns and Garimpeiros: France Battles Wildcat Miners in French Guiana (www.pulitzercenter.org)

As jittery investors have sought safe-haven investments in gold during the recession, the metal's price has soared on world markets. Meanwhile, some 30,000 illegal miners from Brazil are building... More

Tags: france,brazil,french guiana rainforest,eu,illegal miners

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Can charcoal save the world? (www.boingboing.net)

Biochar really is a promising product, but we're only beginning to understand how promising it might be, where it would be most useful and, even, how it works.

Tags: amazon,charcoal,biochar,agriculture,land use,carbon emissions

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What's killing the great forests of the American west? (www.guardian.co.uk)

An entomologist at the University of Montana has found that moutain pine beetles are attacking trees for longer periods as the season of cooler weather shrinks, part of a pattern of forest die-off... More

Tags: entomology,north america,forest dieoff,beetles,climate change,amazon rainforest

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Ecuador's Chevron claim has more delays (www.sfgate.com)

Another ruling, another few years to tack onto a case that has already lasted 17 years. And those at the bottom of the legal chain - indigenous peoples in the Ecuadoran Amazon - remain no better... More

Tags: eucador,chevron,amazon rainforest,petroecuador,stephen donziger,texaco

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Leprechauns stage green protest at Twin Cities groceries (www.tcdailyplanet.net)

On Sunday afternoon, maybe due to the warm weather, a group of about 20 leprechauns emerged from their hiding places in search for treasure. Well, sort of. A group of protesters dressed as leprechauns... More

Tags: rainforest destruction,midway,protest,st paul,minneapolis,video

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Athamas Fund Will Sell More Wood, Fewer CO2 Credits (Update1) (www.businessweek.com)

March 10 (Bloomberg) -- A forestry and carbon hedge fund proposed by Athamas SA will focus on wood rather than carbon credits after United Nations climate talks in December failed to set international... More

Tags: carbon fund,carbon offset,athamas,bank of america,merrill lynch,eu

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UN climate change claims on rainforests were wrong, study suggests (www.telegraph.co.uk)

The United Nations' climate change panel is facing fresh criticism after new research contradicted the organisation's claims about the devastating effect climate change could have on the Amazon... More

Tags: un,ipcc,nasa,amazon,rainforest,study,criticism,climate change

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