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Enjoy this post, subscribe to the FeelGoodStyle RSS Feed! For two weeks in the end of September, there was no gas to be found in the county surrounding Asheville, North Carolina and most of the gas stations remained closed. The recent hurricanes are being blamed for shutting down the nation’s gas supply by up to [...]
New Jersey’s Rutgers University recently broke ground for a seven-acre solar energy farm on campus. Once completed, the installation would be the largest solar energy facility on any college in the U.S. (although Rutgers has competition there: Florida’s Gulf Coast University is eyeing a larger, 16-acre solar farm). The solar farm is expected to generate [...]
Westport, Connecticut, recently joined a small but growing number of communities to ban the use of free plastic shopping bags within its borders. The new ordinance, which goes into effect early next year, would impose a $150 fine on any store that offers such bags. WestportNow.com reports that citizens attending the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) [...]
A new global project is screening food crops for useful traits that can be adapted for reversing the effects of climate change and boost their diversity and sustainable production. This will involve the setting up of crop banks and seed vaults, so to speak, in developing countries that depend on staples such as corn and [...]
