A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico and helping dispose the oil plumes. The bacteria may have adapted over time due to periodic leaks in the Gulf and it works without significantly depleting oxygen in the water.
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A new law at Mexico city is now giving the authorities the ability to fine stores and shop owners which are giving costumers free plastic bags. This law, which is part of the Green Plan at Mexico city, will allow costumer only to use a biodegradable bag which they can purchase at the stores.
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Scotland is planning to install the largest tidal turbines this summer in the waters off Orkney. The AT-1000 turbine is 22.5 meters tall with 18 meters rotor diameter and a weight of 130 tones. Each turbine is expected to provide constant supply of 1MW were the turbine has low rotation speed which is good for the environment.
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U.S. cancels 21$ million of Brazil debt in exchange for Amazon forest protection. The U.S. has done the same also for Bangladesh, Belize, Botswana, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Jamaica, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and the Philippines.
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The turtles population at the gulf of Mexico is slowly recovering after the oil spill, according to researchers, during the time after the spill most turtles were covered with oil, and today only few moderately or heavily oiled.
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Solar powered plane left Switzerland 2 nights ago for a first 24 hours test flight. The plane, which was able to fly during the night after getting enough energy from the sun during the day, climb to 28,000 feet and reached top speeds of over 75 mph.
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The Russian government decided to create 9 new nature reserves and 13 national parks covering a total area of over 3.8 million ha in addition to marine buffer zones of over 1 million ha. Polar bears, walruses, sea otters, and other endangered species will all benefit from the new protected areas.
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Samsung launched to the Indian this month the world’s first solar-powered cell phone, The Solar Guru E1107 which can be charged whenever and wherever the sun is shining. This new mobile phone is all about energy efficiency in design, charging, and consumption.
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This new breakthrough design brings us a car which is driven by a conventional front-wheel drive, and can fit in a regular sized garage and is capable to turn into light aircraft by folding out its wings. The spec of this vehicle is quite impressive both on land and up in the sky with runway distance of 500m, top flight speed of 185Kph flight distance of 740 km were on the ground its fuel consumption is less than 8 liter per 100km which makes it environmental transportation both on the ground and in the air.
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During the next couple of weeks, an effort to save thousands of sea turtle from dying in the oily Gulf of Mexico will begin in order to protect these species from vanishing.
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