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Microloans Pay Off for Planet, Investors this article opens in a new window

The number of "microborrowers" worldwide-people participating in the rapidly growing field of microfinance-increased by 17 percent in 2006, benefiting both communities and the environment, according to the latest Vital Signs Update released by the Worldwatch Institute.

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Amid global food crisis, UN helps boost farm production in Swaziland this article opens in a new window

United Nations, 1 day, 15 hours, 18 minutes ago, comment
The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) is helping poor farmers to boost their agricultural production in Swaziland, one of many countries suffering as a result of the global food crisis.


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Advance brings low-cost, bright LED lighting closer to reality this article opens in a new window

Perdue, 3 days, 21 hours, 26 minutes ago, comment
Researchers at Purdue University have overcome a major obstacle in reducing the cost of "solid state lighting," a technology that could cut electricity consumption by 10 percent if widely adopted.


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Canadian researchers discover ovulation gene this article opens in a new window

CBC, 6 days, 15 hours, 18 minutes ago, comment
Canadian and European researchers have discovered the gene that regulates ovulation.


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Non-GMO Soybeans Show 10% Greater Yield this article opens in a new window

ENN, 6 days, 19 hours, 18 minutes ago, comment
Pioneer Hi-Bred, a Johnston-based unit of DuPont, launched Thursday what it is calling "a new generation" of soybean varieties designed to increase soybean yields by 40 percent during the next 10 years. Pioneer president and DuPont vice president and general manager Paul Schickler said the new Y series soybeans, as Pioneer has named the 32 newseed varieties, will "deliver unprecedented productivity gains to North American soybean growers." Pioneer intends to sell enough of the new seed from the Y series to cover about 9 million acres for the 2009 growing season.


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NYC speeds transformation of yellow cabs to green this article opens in a new window

ENN, 1 week, 1 day, 3 hours, 18 minutes ago, comment
New York City's yellow taxi fleet now will go green at the rate of 300 new hybrid cars a month, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Wednesday, citing an agreement with car-makers to supply the fuel-light cabs. There are already more than 1,300 hybrid taxis in the city, and each one saves its drivers about $6,500 a year, Taxi and Limousine Commission Chairman Matthew Daus said in a joint statement with the mayor. Bloomberg aims to accomplish 127 green initiatives before his second and final four-year term ends in 2010. In December, the Taxi and Limousine Commission voted to require all vehicles that join the taxi fleet to be hybrids by October 1. The only exception is for cabs specially equipped for the handicapped.


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