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Answer to fertilizer woes blowing in the wind, says researcher

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Brandon Here’s an interesting experiment: On a hot day, open a six-pack of beer with your buddies and start drinking. When there’s only two left, observe the dynamics. The degree of thirst and the attitudes of the company present will determine how the situation gets resolved. That in a nutshell, describes the current global fossil
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Carbs, tea and sugar keep Gaza running

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Blood ran freely over a cobbled Gaza street at dawn on Jan. 22, the fifth day of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas militants. But it was a welcome sight. Family butcher Husam Nasr was fleshing a freshly slaughtered 330-pound heifer. “The meat will sell for 60 shekels a kilo (US$7 per pound),” he said.
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Pellet stoves offer heating options

The fire in a pellet stove can be easier to control and pellets are more convenient to use than logs. NDSU AGRICULTURE COMMUNICATION RELEASE Fluctuating energy prices cause some people to consider biomass stoves as a way to heat their homes. Biomass has been used as a fuel source since humans first discovered the ability
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Biofuel industry growing internationally

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Despite the controversy over crop production for food versus fuel and the shock of the financial credit squeeze, the biofuel industry is recording steady growth in many countr ies, the Canadian Renewable Fuel Summit was told in early December. But it has a long way to go before it reaches the level of global petroleum
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Emptying rural Canada

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“How far do you go forward?” – Bert Hall Bert Hall remembers when you only had to walk half a mile in any direction to be on a neighbour’s farm. The countryside was full of people when Hall, 88, was a boy growing up on a farm northeast of Manitou, Man. The first national census
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Guide empowers wind energy customers

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The Canadian Wind Energy Association has set up a guide to help consumers decide if purchasing a personal wind turbine will be a benefit. Wind energy might seem like a great answer to cutting utility expenses, but it’s not as easy as just putting up a turbine. Sean Whittaker, vice-president of policy for CanWEA, said
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Wind farm encounters woes

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Proponents behind the 300-megawatt wind farm announced for the St. Joseph area last week say they are confident they can raise the necessary capital to proceed with the project, despite financial uncertainty facing one of the project’s key partners. The Australian-based parent company of Babcock & Brown Canada, the partner in charge of financing and
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Throne speech light on details for farmers

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“We will invest billions of dollars in renewable energy sources, including biofuels, wind, solar, geothermal and tidal power.” – Prime Minister Stephen Harper Agriculture got more mention than usual in the throne speech and the first remarks by Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the start of the new Parliament last week, but with scant few
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Mandates needed for district energy

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“Denmark for example mandated that every community had to come up with a heating plan.” – Johann Buijk District energy strategies are bringing great benefit to communities in Europe, reducing reliance on fossil fuels. In Manitoba the idea is a tougher sell. Standing in the way of our progress in this system is the fact
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French court fines power grid for harming animals

A French court has ruled that power grid RTE must pay 390,000 euros (US$493,200) to a farming family after a high-voltage line caused its animals to fall sick, a prosecutor said Nov. 17. State-run RTE, an arm of EDF, said it would appeal against the decision, a first for France and which could open the

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