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Piggery earns carbon credits in Aust first

Sydney : Australia | Oct 24, 2012 at 4:07 PM PDT
Source: The Courier-Mail
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A NSW piggery that turns methane from animal manure into electricity that powers the farm has been given the green light to earn carbon credits in an Australian first. Blantyre Farms, which has 22,000 pigs, near Young in NSW is the first to be declared eligible under the federal government's carbon farming... FULL ARTICLE AT The Courier-Mail
 
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