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Sokol Blosser Wine Club Shipments Become Carbon Neutral
Oregon Winery Pairs with Greenshipping.com to Offset Wine Club Shipment Carbon Emissions
www.greenshipping.com/press-releases/101-green-s...
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Cloud ships to the rescue
Ships with giant funnels which travel the world's seas creating more clouds to deflect the sun's rays could help cut global warming, say scientists.
www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/environment/globalwarm...
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Studies Indicate Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships Pose Serious Health Risk to Coastal Regions
Large oceangoing ships are some of the worst emitters of greenhouse gases out there, and a new study has found that the sulfur content present in shipping fuel may be the cause of serious health problems and even fatalities in coastal regions
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Sucking it Up on the High Seas
"French sea-going 'vacuum cleaner' sucks up water pollution."
www.clipsyndicate.com/video/play/1019846/french_...
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A Tale of a Plastic Ship
David de Rothschild will soon set sail on the Plastiki, a boat constructed out of re-purposed plastic bottles.
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Simple Church, Sustainable Church
In a country with Cadillac congregations and churches that are closer to cruise ships than places of worship, more has not produced better. So, how do we get back to a more authentic and sustainable expression of church?
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Commercial Ships Now Subject to Discharge Regulations
Over 60,000 commercial vessels must comply with discharge permits.
www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2008/2008-12-19-091....
Los Angeles, CA
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L.A. port's clean-truck program running on empty
Funding for a $20,000 incentive for buyers of clean-fuel trucks has dried up. Some trucking firms have spent millions of dollars on greener fleets, expecting the cash.
www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cleantrucks27-200...
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Stop that Racket!
Report: Noisy oceans are impeding mammals’ ability to communicate, forage for food, and find mates.
www.ens-newswire.com/ens/dec2008/2008-12-03-03.asp
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Category Discussion: Local Food & Agriculture
Local food and agriculture help communities become more self-sufficient and less reliant on food transported great distances using fossil fuels. Local food is also fresher, often has more nutrients, and requires less packaging and refrigeration than food that must be shipped long distances. Local food purchases also recirculate money back into the regional economy, as farmers' market revenues are typically re-spent locally. Finally--not to beat a dead horse--local food resources provide resilience for cities in the face of potential fuel shortages or truckers' strikes.
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