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Why CO2 'Air Capture' Could Be Key to Slowing Global Warming

Dec 14, 2016

by Richard Schiffman - 05/23/16 For two decades, Klaus Lackner has pioneered efforts to combat climate change by pulling carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Now, after years of watching the global community fail to bring greenhouse gas emissions under control, Lackner...

The Suddenly Urgent Quest to Remove Carbon Dioxide from the Air

Dec 13, 2016

by Chris Mooney - 2/26/2016 Dr. Klaus Lackner with his team’s rooftop prototype on Feb. 9 at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment in Tempe, Ariz. (Caitlin O’Hara for the Washington Post.) Tempe, AZ — From the...

Scots transport giant hopes to avoid a stink with 'poo bus.'

Dec 13, 2016

03/15/2015 A SCOTS transport operator is to introduce a bus which runs on human and household waste, goes into regular service later this month. Powered by biomethane gas, the Bio-Bus, which has been dubbed the 'poo bus' will use waste from more than 32,000 households...

Konecranes Eyes Middle East Waste to Energy Expansion

Dec 12, 2016

by Ben Messenger - 10/27/2016 Finnish lifting equipment specialist, Konecranes, has introduced a range of lifting and material handling technologies specifically designed for waste to-energy and biomass applications in the Middle East. According to the company the...

Can Major US Cities Reach 'Zero Waste' Without Waste-to-Energy?

Dec 12, 2016

by Cole Rosengren - 10/26/16 Even if a city can reach a "zero waste-to-landfill" goal, there will always be some waste left. Depending on whom you talk to, waste-to-energy facilities are either a part of that problem or a solution to it. Despite ongoing growth in Asia...

How Much Food Are You Wasting?

Nov 15, 2016

From the Denver Magazine. Click the attachment to read more!

Big Chunk Of California's Recycling Centers Close Down

Oct 20, 2016

More than a fifth of California’s recycling redemption centers have closed in the last year, stripping consumers of easy access to recycling and limiting their ability to collect the deposits they made when purchasing bottles and cans. More closures may follow, as the...

CalRecycle food waste prevention grant program workshop

Oct 20, 2016

CalRecycle webinar info. https://www.calrecycle.ca.gov/Broadcast/ As you know, we were successful in getting $40 million for CalRecycle’s Waste Diversion project. Head’s up that CalRecycle has 2 workshops coming up to discuss the cap and trade grant criteria if you...

Desert farm grows 180,000 tomato plants using only sun and seawater

Oct 11, 2016

No soil, no pesticides, no fossil fuels, and no groundwater. And yet, a thriving farm in the heart of the arid Australian desert. How is this possible? An international team of scientists has spent the last six years fine-tuning a system that pipes seawater in from...

Why Chicago Is Becoming The Country’s Urban Farming Capitol

Sep 16, 2016

When you walk into Farmed Here’s 90,000-square-foot warehouse in Bedford Park, a sleepy industrial outpost about 15 miles southwest of Chicago, you might not immediately register that you're standing in the second coming of the locavore movement. But then you get...

This Danish Farmer Converted 2,000 Acres to Organic Farmland

Sep 14, 2016

Hovmand-Simonsen is committed to “helping consumers learn to taste again and to appreciate the difference in flavors” as well as providing healthy food farmed with love. The inspiration behind her philosophy in farming came at a very young age. “When I turned 14 years...

How To Start Your Own Compost

Aug 24, 2016

Here in San Francisco, residents are given a free bin to collect compost materials. This is in an effort to eliminate all waste in landfills. Tara explains how you can make your own compost bin right in your backyard! Learn more about the Stuff to Blow Your Mind...