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(via www.chinabamboogarden.com)
Submitted by saiwentao on Sat, 2008-07-19 07:13. | Tags: architecture | bamboo news | bamboo planet | china | industry | lumber | world
Ontario Government Stepping Up to save 55 million acres of Boreal Forest!
(via www.theenvironmentalage.com)
The Ontario government just announced the single largest conservation effort in Canadian history - with their pledge to save 50% of Ontario's share of Canada's Boreal Forest. An area roughly the size of Great Britian will now be saved from development forever. Way to go Canada!
Submitted by mcmcom on Fri, 2008-07-18 15:28. | Tags: politics | take action | boreal | boreal forest | environemnt | government mining | logging | lumber | mining | ontario forests | ontario government | the environmental age
New Technology Foresees Trees, not Grain, in the Tank
(via www.spiegel.de)
On Thursday a small plant in the German town of Freiburg will go online, converting waste lumber into diesel. The plant is designed to convert waste lumber, and possibly straw, into synthesis gas and from that diesel, avoiding the use of potential food crops such as rapeseed and soy.
Submitted by selenized on Tue, 2008-04-15 20:35. | Tags: technology | Biodiesel | biofuel | lumber
