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The 107 million tons of grain that went to U.S. ethanol distilleries in 2009 was enough to feed 330 million people for one year at average world consumption levels.

More than a quarter of the total U.S. grain crop was turned into ethanol to

fuel cars last year. With 200 ethanol distilleries in the country set up to

transform food into fuel, the amount of grain processed has tripled since…

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Een groep Kuna-indianen uit Panama staan op het punt het eiland Carti

Sugdub te verlaten vanwege het hoge zeewater.



De inheemse gemeenschap op het kleine Caribische eilandje Carti Sugdub voor de Panamese kust ondervindt al

jaren hinder van structurele overstromingen. Wetenschappers zeggen dat

dit niet alleen door de stijgende zeespiegel komt, maar ook door

koraal afgravingen rondom de archipel.



Koralen beschadigd

De koraalriffen waren… Continue

The lighting sector is on the edge of a spectacular revolution, a shift from the century-old, inefficient incandescent light bulb to far more efficient technologies. Perhaps the quickest, most profitable way to reduce electricity

use worldwide—thus cutting carbon emissions—is simply to change light bulbs.…

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In dit blog wil ik jullie tips geven hoe je op een makkelijke manier, door kleine dingetjes te veranderen je leven iets duurzamer te maken. Heb je ook tips die je graag wil delen, reageer dan en voeg je tip toe.

In several parts of the world I encountered turtles. In South America they were lying slaughtered in the market stall and they were even quite large as well.

Full of dislike I looked at the salesman, getting angrier at the man who seemed very indifferent about it. Food is food. Indeed there is something to say for this. But was not it so that turtles are threatened with extinction?



In Sri Lanka I fortunately encountered a completely… Continue