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Dawn of ‘solar gardens’

  Bloomberg It’s like rooftop solar, without the rooftops. A growing number of consumers are buying into community solar farms that allow renters and apartment dwellers to access renewable energy produced on neighborhood plots that can be small enough to host a little league baseball game. Some are so modest they’re referred to as “solar gardens.” Conventional solar farms such ...

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Repelling pesticides, whitefly raids US crops

  AFP A tiny, invasive whitefly that is resistant to pesticides and carries crop-devastating viruses has been found outdoors in the United States for the first time, raising concerns among fruit and vegetable growers. The Q-biotype whitefly turned up in April in the heavily manicured gardens of an affluent neighborhood in south Florida’s Palm Beach County, where landscapers were spraying ...

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Abu Dhabi Ports, ADSB pact to boost trade

  ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi Ports and Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB) on Tuesday signed a long term agreement for ship repair facility that will also have a floating dry dock at Zayed Port. The agreement was signed at Abu Dhabi Ports head office at Zayed Port by Captain Mohamed Juma Al Shamisi, Chief Executive Officer of Abu ...

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