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Conservation, Politics, Science & Technology, Aug 10th, 2010,
As Russia’s crops wither and burn in record heat and wildfires, the oldest and first seed bank in the world is under threat. Russia’s Pavlovsk agricultural station, located outside of St. Petersburg, was established in 1926 with the purpose of preserving plant diversity and breeding new crops in response to potential food crises. During World War II’s siege of Leningrad, twelve Russian scientists starved to death rather than eat from the seed bank. Now private developers would see it destroyed to make way for new housing. From an article in the Guardian: More than 90% of the plants are found…
Tags: berries, biodiversity, crop, developers, diversity, global, Pavlovsk, property, Russia, Russian, seed bank
Climate Change, Green living, Politics, ,
Britain’s energy secretary Chris Huhne has lifted the ban on local authorities selling back surplus electricity into the national power grid. The plan is to encourage local councils to generate their own renewable energy by installing solar panels and wind turbines on council owned property, including both homes and public buildings. Any extra electricity can be sold back to the grid and provide much needed income to local authorities. From an article in the Guardian: At present only 0.01% of electricity in England is generated by local authority-owned renewables. In Germany the equivalent figure is 100 times higher. The hope…
Tags: authorities, Britain, British, buildings, carbon, council, developers, energy, government, Green, grid, homes, local, plant, power, renewable, Solar, UK, wind
Climate Change, Nature, Politics, Videos & Documentaries, Aug 1st, 2010,
Russia’s forests are facing threats from both development and Mother Nature. Forest fires are currently blazing in locations across the country, with the Moscow region being particularly hard-hit. An official state of emergency has been declared in 27 out of 83 of Russia’s regions and 10,000 firefighters have been deployed to fight the blazes. Unusually hot and dry weather has greatly exacerbated conditions for fires. Over 25 people have been killed because of the fires, over 1,000 homes have been destroyed and thousands of people displaced. Russia has also lost 9.6 million hectares (24 million acres) of grain crops due…
Tags: activists, developers, fire, firefighters, forest, heat, highway, Khimki, Russia, Russian, weather
