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Eco Factor: Biogas-powered German town to become the first in the world.
Lünen, a small town north of Dortmund, Germany, will soon become the first town in the world that will be powered by biogas generated from horse and cow manure. Apart from..
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Eco Factor: Poultry waste to be converted into electricity without using fossil fuels.
Bangladesh is reeling under 2,000MW of electricity shortage, for which...
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AP, Des Moines
High fertilizer costs have left some Iowa farmers coddling up to a previously shunned byproduct of the business _ manure.
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In the race to implement new energy sources, farms have an advantage: lots of manure. A large chicken farm north of Beijing is taking advantage of this fact by using...
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The green side of blogoshpere is buzzing with posts about activities happening to commemorate the Earth Day. But if you wanna thank Earth in your own manner with out...
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Researchers have taken another step toward turning animal waste into biogas on a large scale.Farmers have long called the odor of farm waste “the smell of...
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A foul smell permeating London and parts of England over the past two days is due to farmers on the European continent spreading manure in their fields, forecasters and...
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AP, Mason City
A truck driver was cited after a load of chicken manure spilled out of his semi, covering a road for more than a mile in rural Cerro Gordo County.”The end gate...
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AP, Redkey
A semitractor tanker hauling about 6,000 gallons of liquefied hog manure tipped over, spilling half of the waste along an eastern Indiana highway, police said.An...
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AP, Milford
A man has filed a lawsuit against his neighbor, claiming he can’t sell his house because of the smell of horse manure from next door. In court documents filed in...
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Plants are to be established which will use manure to provide enough energy to convert corn into ethanol( which can be distilled from food starches ). This will make...
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Electricity from methane is no new a concept. But, how environment-friendly the harvesting can be is all that makes the alternative energy harvesting successful. The...
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Want to know what to do with the piles of cow manure that has been reeking up your whole farm? Here it is —- go get Harnisch’s Bio-Gas Generator. This cool...
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Manure, once spread on farm fields, pollutes air and water pollution. And cleaning them up is a cumbersome job. Thinking on these lines, Green Mountain Power and the...
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Actor Billy Bob Thornton arrives to the premiere of “Manure” during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah on Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009.
