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February 3rd, 2006

Shelburne Farms Tests Grass Pellet Heat

The very cool Shelburne Farms is a 1,400-acre working farm located on the shores of Lake Champlain, just south of Burlington, Vermont. One of their claims to fame is as a nonprofit environmental education center offering learning for young and old on a variety of topics, many of which are sustainable in nature.
The Farm […]

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January 27th, 2006

America’s Top 25 Green Power Buyers

The US Environmental Protection Agency released its most recent Green Power Top 25 List earlier this week. Among the highlights was the news that renewable energy use within the EPA’s 600-member strong set of ‘partner’ organizations had almost doubled to over four million megawatt-hours for the year of 2005.
The US Air Force retained the […]

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January 17th, 2006

A Different Kind of Horse Power

Police in Manchester, England have come up with a novel idea to cut costs and be a little more eco-responsible.
They are going to take the waste generated by the force’s 40-member team of horses and use it to fuel the heating and hot water system in the horse’s stables.
The horse dung will be collected, compressed […]

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