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Earth-sheltered homes - Wall Street Journal


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Earth-sheltered homes
Wall Street Journal
One solution: the ancient technique of building homes into the earth. At least part of the home's exterior is covered with soil, so that it looks like it's

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Pacific Bay Minerals Ltd.: Strong Rare Earth Element Assays Released for Cueva … - MarketWatch

Pacific Bay Minerals Ltd.: Strong Rare Earth Element Assays Released for Cueva
MarketWatch
reports soil and rock samples strongly anomalous in Rare Earth Elements ("REEs") from the Company's 100% owned Cueva del Chacho Property in La Rioja

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Eat Your Greens - Atlantic Online

Eat Your Greens
Atlantic Online
Ezra writes that "the evidence that organics are good for the environment, and the soil in particular, is very compelling." I'm not so sure.

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Sub-Arctic timebomb: warming speeds CO2 release from soil - AFP


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Sub-Arctic timebomb: warming speeds CO2 release from soil
AFP
PARIS — Climate change is speeding up the release of carbon dioxide from frigid peatlands in the sub-Arctic, fuelling a vicious circle of global warming,
Study: Global warming speeds CO2 releaseThe Money Times
Arctic CO2 Fueling Fierce Global Warming CycleRedOrbit

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Kent pollution cleanup stalls - Baltimore Sun


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Kent pollution cleanup stalls
Baltimore Sun
Genovique Specialties Corp. has balked at demands from the state Department of the Environment that it do more testing of soil and groundwater for toxic and

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6 Myths About Organic Food - San Francisco Chronicle

6 Myths About Organic Food
San Francisco Chronicle
Organics don't contaminate soil and groundwater with pesticides and chemicals like regular farming does, but there's a surprising downside: Since organic

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Carbon footprint project already yielding results - FarmersWeekly

Carbon footprint project already yielding results
FarmersWeekly, UK
The National Trust is two-thirds of the way through a major carbon footprint project on its 13500-acre Wallington Estate in Northumberland. The project, which is running across a range of land types, aims to work out the carbon content of the soil and

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