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This is the VOA Special English Agriculture Report. For centuries, farmers have used windmills to pump water, crush grain and perform other tasks. Today, farmers can earn money with high-powered wind turbines that produce electricity. Wind power has

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France Hopes to Get More Wind Energy from Its Coasts France recently launched its first floating wind turbine. The new turbine is called Floatgen. It is near the countrys western coast. Makers of the turbine say it is able to provide electricity for

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This is Scientific Americans 60-Second Science, Im Karen Hopkin. This will just take a minute. Last month, President Obama pledged nearly half a billion dollars toward the development of solar and geothermal energies, but what about wind? A team of s

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US Fishermen Fear the Growth of Wind Power Industry Fishermen on the northeastern coast of the United States are voicing concerns about the development of offshore wind power. Some of the fishermen are based in New Bedford, Massachusetts. The town wa

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New Technology Harvests Energy from River and Tidal Movement A number of companies have used the wind and sun to produce energy. Now, one company is using the force of flowing rivers and ocean currents. The company is based in the U.S. state of Maine

VOA标准英语2010年-Florida Man Installs Wind Turbine on H

Amid the recent economic downturn, demand in the U.S. is rising for small wind turbines to power people's homes. The American Wind Energy Association says sales of such turbines rose 15 percent in 2009. One man in Florida is generating his own power

VOA慢速英语2014 WHO: Millions Die Every Year from Air Pollution

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VOA标准英语2012--Study: No Evidence Hydraulic Fracturing Pollutes Water

Study: No Evidence Hydraulic Fracturing Pollutes Water A new study finds no evidence that the controversial practice to extract natural gas known as hydraulic fracturing is contaminating ground water. The report, Separating Fact from Fiction in Shale

VOA标准英语2012--Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats

Wind Turbines Take Steep Toll On Birds And Bats Estimates by the Department of Energy indicate that in the United States alone, there will be more than 100,000 wind turbines by 2030. John Anderson is policy director at the American Wind Energy Associ

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Matthew: Hey Kat, you were just telling me about all the pros and cons of different renewable energies and you just got me thinking we're going to run outof oil in the next couple of decades. There's reports that say we're going to run out of oil in

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JUDY WOODRUFF: Next: the possibilities of getting more energy through water. Humans have long harnessed the power of water to perform work. In modern time, hydroelectricity, generated by the power of water flowing through turbines at the base of dams

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VOA标准英语2010年-It's Not Hard to Catch a Breeze

The Dutch did not invent windmills, but they put them to good use, powering industrial machinery and, especially, draining low-lying fields. Have you ever seen a sunflower twist itself to face into the sun so that it can soak up light energy all day

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Last month, President Obama pledged nearly half a billion dollars toward the development of solar and geothermal energies. But what about wind? A team of scientists estimates that wind turbines in the continental U.S. could produce 16 times more ele

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Meridian Energy has decided not to go ahead with their plan to put 176 wind turbines in Central Otago. Local people set up a protest group. This group has spent a lot of time and money fighting to stop Meridian Energy for the last six years. In 2009,

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