Plants

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How to Build Slug-Proof Planting Barrels

Living under redwood trees is fantastic, with a few minor exceptions, for die-hard gardeners. My greatest curse-provoker is slug eaten plants.

Coalinga, CA

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Chevron's Using Solar Power...to Drill for Oil

From the Department of Mixed Emotions:

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World's first zero-emissions hydrogen power plant coming to New Mexico

Energy technology company Jetstream Wind recently announced plans that it will develop the world's first sustainable zero-emissions power plant.

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Chemical-free lawn and garden care

What green-friendly lawn and garden pesticides are available today? I’m particularly interested in options that won’t harm my cats. -- Nancy Blanchard

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America's First Solar Thermal Plant Is On

Our own energy and environment columnist Ben Jervey passed along news that America’s first “solar thermal” power plant, in Lancaster, California, is now fully operational.

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Save Your Logo saving plant and animal species via corporate responsibility

Save Your Logo, a creative new French non-profit committed to biodiversity and the preservation of plant and animal species, is asking companies who use a plant or animal's likeness in their logo to make a commitment to preserve and protect the species they profit from.

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Chile fighting climate change --role model for the developing world

“No doubts remain. Climate change is real and the build-up of greenhouse gases in our atmosphere is increasingly at an alarming rate.”

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How to Build Pond, Watergarden

Would you like to exert god-like control over an environment and its resources? Well, you should get a pond.