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The methane gas is burnt to produce electricity, which is then used to heat all the glasshouses. By burning the methane, John is producing a lot of carbon dioxide, and here's one of Johns really clever ideas. Tomatoes ripen much more quickly when the

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By Anya Ardayeva Moscow 23 March 2007 watch Mining Disaster report Many people in the Russian region of Kemerovo are in mourning. On Monday (March 19th), a massive methane explosion tore apart the Ulyanovskaya mine in Siberia, killing at least 108 pe

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With revenue from pig products getting smaller every year, some farmers from rural England have decided to make some extra money by turning poo into profit. James Hart, who runs a pig farm, came up with a simple solution of using the huge amount of p

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