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7 hours ago ago from This is my journal.

It may not sound like but cutting down a real tree for Christmas is actually greener than going with the artificial kind, one scientist says. It is a little counterintuitive to people, said Clint Springer, a biologist at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia. Because of concerns over deforestation around the world, many people naturally worry that buying a real tree might contribute to that problem, Springer says. But ...

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Bioengineered bacteria. Carbon dioxide gas. Liquid fuel isobutanol. efficiency of light distribution and reduction of bioreactor cost. -Biotech

16 hours ago ago from Biotech

James C Liao, Chancellor's Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at University of California Los Angeles, has said: More from a Release dated December 10, sourced from University of California Los Angeles: UCLA researchers engineer bacteria to turn carbon dioxide into liquid fuel Global climate change has prompted efforts to drastically reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas produced by burning fossil ...

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20 hours ago ago from Home Based Business

Carbon credits carbon trading hot topics debates discussions environmental matters, majority fully acquainted concepts. Carbon trading whereby greenhouse gas emissions limited under Kyoto Protocol, caps allocated across world market manner promote lower emissions lessen release carbon dioxide greenhouse gases. National governments industries assigned fixed quantities carbon credits regulate emission levels, credits certify owner release ...

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14 hours ago ago from Simply Sustainable...My Life on an Organic Farm.

"Live trees actively photosynthesize as they grow from saplings, which removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. After they have been cut and Christmas is over, they're usually chipped for mulch. As mulch, the bits of tree very slowly decompose, releasing carbon dioxide back into the atmosphere. So in the end, a real Christmas tree is carbon neutral, putting the same amount of carbon dioxide back into the air as it took out (albeit much ...

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4 hours ago ago from Truth is Contagious

Wood chips and wood pellets are exempt from European Union permit rules for carbon emissions, ostensibly because the chipped trees recently absorbed carbon from the atmosphere. The fact that the trees would have sequestered the carbon for centuries if left as living natural habitat and soil regenerative decomposing matter is conveniently overlooked... America’s publicly owned national forests will be made available for this new private ...

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Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast Scientists Turn Trees Into Carbon Banks November 27, 2009 [5 min 11 sec] Enlarge Chris Joyce / NPR Chris Kelly and Jordan Golinkoff of the ...

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