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New Eco-Friendly Brick Kilns Could Reduce Bangladesh’s Emissions, Lower Air Pollution

11:21 am in bangladesh, carbon emissions, pollution, Science & Technology by TreeHugger

bangladesh brick kiln photo New kilns aim to reduce the sort of air pollution current kilns, above, are renowned for. Photo: Melanie Ko/Creative Commons Bangladesh may already have very low per capita carbon emissions but that's far more to do with poverty and low resource consumption rather than the ubiquity of low-emitting, low-polluting technology. Some new eco-friendly brick kilns, introduced by the Read the full story on TreeHugger

5 Million Bangladeshis Served By Solar Panels – MIllions More Coming

1:11 pm in alternative energy, bangladesh, News, solar photovoltaic by TreeHugger

solar panel bangladesh photo "Solar panel provided by Grameen Shaktri to rural Bangladesh." Image credit:Flickr, Marufish The evWind blog has published news that the Infrastructure Development Company has increased to 993,000 the number of Bangladeshi residential solar units that they have helped fund. That brings the total number of persons served with residential solar units in the nation to around 5 million, it is estimated. The next IDC target is 2.5 million homes solar-served by 2014. By absolute number, that's got...Read the full story on TreeHugger

Bangladesh Creates 300-Strong Special Task Force to Protect Endangered Bengal Tiger

3:01 pm in animals, bangladesh, Science & Technology, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

bengal tiger photo Photo: Wikipedia, CC Protecting the ±400 Tigers Living in the Area Around 400 tigers live in the Sundarbans forest that stands between Bangladesh and India. They are highly endangered and targeted by poachers, which is why, after seizing three tiger skins and a large quantity of bones a few months ago, Bangladeshi authorities have decided to set up a special task force to protect the tigers....Read the full story on TreeHugger