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Techo-Leapfrogging At Its Best: 2,000 Indian Villages Skip Fossil Fuels, Get First Electricity From Solar

photo: Nomad Tales via flickr If you ever need a great example of technological leapfrogging in practice, here it is: In the Indian state of Orissa , the state government has decided to electrify approximately an additional 2,000 villages by March 2012. But rather than hook them up to coal-fired power plants, it will be using decentralized solar power. Biomass, wind power and a variety of small-scale hydropower projects are also… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Techo-Leapfrogging At Its Best: 2,000 Indian Villages Skip Fossil Fuels, Get First Electricity From Solar

Clues to Climate Change Found In Antique Pressed Plants

Photo via SurFeRGiRL30 Natural history museums and herbaria are piled high with samples of flora and fauna dating as far back as 250 years. Now the scientific fervor over collecting samples of the natural world is helping climate scientists learn how warming trends are altering the timing of plants’ lives. A team of ecologists from the University of East Anglia (UEA), the University of Kent, the University of Sussex and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew took a look at 77 specimens of the early spider orchid collected between 1848 and 1958 and by … Read the full story on TreeHugger

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