|
Underground Utilities.
Methane gas forces evacuation of 5 homes
Kansas.com - KS,USA
Kansas Gas Service workers were performing routine line checks earlier this week when they detected methane gas underground near the homes. City officials ...
Temblor shakes China's big dam ambitions
Asia Times Online - Kowloon,Hong Kong
By Antoaneta Bezlova DUJIANGYAN, Sichuan - China's deadly earthquake last month appears to have shifted more than just tectonic plates in the country's ...
Fuel of the Future
KSNT - Topeka,KS,USA
The station plans on opening a "green" coffee shop behind the pumps. It will feature a "living roof," a wind turbine, and a rain garden.
Reporter's dream of energy-efficient home becomes a reality
Stockton Record - Stockton,CA,USA
Some forms of construction, such as using straw bales or rammed earth, make wonderful homes. And they can reduce the amount of lumber used and be energy ...
Secret tunnels found beneath city attraction
The Star - Sheffield,England,UK
Museum spokeswoman Theresa Whittlestone said: "We found a doorway under the old police station which opens into what look like civil defence tunnels. ...
Fairfield man wants mystery uncovered
Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT,USA
Pond wondered if the tunnel's existence remained a secret because of some connection to Department of Defense work once done at the factory. ...
Black hole: Caving adventure requires skill and patience
BurlingtonFreePress.com - Burlington,VT,USA
... the hillside as he instructed us on how to climb down inside the cave. We enjoyed light banter as we slowly made our way deeper underground, crawling, ...
Adding 4000 acres to Cave Monument proposed
Illinois Valley News - Cave Junction,OR,USA
... be the first underground river in the country to receive such designation. A subsurface stream, it maintains many of the unique features in the cave.
Alaska Turns To Volcanic Energy As Alternative Energy Source
DailyTech - Chicago,IL,USA
They will be auction land to utilities in August for geothermal development purposes. (Source: US Geological Survey) The Chena Hot Springs Resort in Alaska ...
Germany to start storing carbon dioxide underground
AFP -
BERLIN (AFP) — Germany is due to inaugurate Europe's first underground carbon dioxide storage site on Monday, the country's national geoscience institute ...
Homes that produce their own energy
Times Online - UK
Turbines work out at a similar price: a free-standing system generating 1.56kW will be priced at £4000-£18000, while smaller roof-mounted ones are cheaper. ...
Green Energy Gives a Small Firm Power
Law.com (subscription) - San Francisco,CA,USA
Magee's setup -- which features two vertical turbines and an array of solar panels -- has been on the roof of his building since May 2005, and Magee has
Bee decline could raise food costs more, panel told
Seattle Times - United States
"No bees, no crops," North Carolina grower Robert Edwards told a House Agriculture subcommittee. A record 36 percent of US commercial bee colonies have been ...
Sweet! Revival of the honeybee cheers keepers
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... New Jersey's chief bee expert. According to the US Department of Agriculture, honeybee pollination adds more than $15 billion in value to about 130 ...
How much does it cost to borrow a colony of honeybees?
Slate - USA
Growers complained that the skyrocketing cost of renting bees was forcing them to raise prices on crops. Just how expensive is it to rent a colony of bees? ...
'Housing project benefits those without homes
DL-Online - Detroit Lakes,MN,USA
The units will be heated by a geothermal system that circulates water deep into the ground to keep a constant temperature instead of relying on a furnace or
Local foods have never left our plate'
Globe and Mail - Canada
... for stunning views on your left and, on the right, for Burkhart's Greenhouses, which sells organic vegetable transplants, vegetables and hanging plants. ...
Container gardening can be very fruitful
MLive.com - MI,USA
It's also exciting to see a local greenhouse, Elzinga & Hoeksema Greenhouses, 5268 East O Ave., develop a line of vegetables and fruits specifically for ...
Fisheries, Not Whales, To Blame For Shortage Of Fish
Science Daily (press release) - USA
The food security rationale for culling cetaceans, the report co-authored by Dr Pauly for the Humane Society International contrasts “the widely different ...
Biotech wheat to ease world food shortage
Enter Stage Right - Sudbury,Ontario,Canada
However, British authorities are now saying that the world's current food shortage underscores the huge increase in world food and feed production needed to
It's all about the cows
Herald Times Reporter - Manitowoc,WI,USA
Cow manure on the Nagel farm is managed via skid steer scraping it into gutters, and then fed into an auger and onto manure spreaders. ...
—Organic garden uses every sustainable trick while fitting its ...
Seattle Times - United States
Angora rabbit brothers Peaches and Mocha are an integral part of garden's circle of sustainability, for their manure is used as fertilizer and their alfalfa ...
Minnesota farm uses methane to make electricity
Minnesota Public Radio - Saint Paul,MN,USA
Jennison can still use the manure for fertilizer after it's run through the process. Because it no longer contains methane, it's lost much of its odor, ...
More
|
