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Clean energy? Dozens of Scottish Wind Turbines Powered by Diesel Generators, Pour Hydraulic Oil Into Countryside
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Breitbart: "Scottish Power — led by a Spaniard, Ignacio Galan, and actually a subsidiary of Spanish firm Iberdrola — conceded that some 71 of its turbines had to be hooked up to diesel generators to keep them warm in December, according to the Sunday Mail, with a whistleblower telling the left-leaning newspaper that problems with the turbines are deep-seated.
Scientists Baffled After 500-Million-Year-Old Fossil in Indian Cave Turns Out to be a Beehive
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An article in Nature World News tells us, "Scientists were perplexed when a 500-million-year-old fossil they had discovered in an Indian cave began to peel off and revealed that it was actually a beehive."
Wild plants that grow underwater, mercilessly discarded, are “super expensive, super rare” in foreign countries because of unexpected uses.
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An article published in Compass Travel Vietnam caught us by surprise. Of all things, water hyacinth fetches a high price in some places. Mucho dinero has been spent trying to eradicate it. But what if we just ate the weeds?
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Are Americans Obsessed With Their Lawns?
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An article by Krystal D'Costa proposes that Americans are obsessed with their lawns. "Lawns are the most grown crop in the U.S.—and they're not one that anyone can eat; their primary purpose is to make us look and feel good about ourselves."
What do you think?
Wind Turbines Taller Than the Statue of Liberty Are Falling Over
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According to Bloomberg - Businessweek, "Wind Turbines Taller Than the Statue of Liberty Are Falling Over."
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- Tags: climate change, ecology, sustainability