UMaine has filed a provisional patent for the lobster-shell mixture, which can also be used for such products as plant pots that decompose in the ground, surveying stakes and other applications.

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Reliance, controlled by billionaire Anil Ambani, has been unable to get a massive gas-fired plant off the ground in northern India despite a decade of effort, because of land issues and fuel-shortage issues.

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It's signed contracts with Idaho farmers to buy hundreds of thousands of tons of wheat and barley straw, and hopes to break ground on the first plant, possibly in Idaho, next year.

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"After you bury your stuff deep in the ground, you would, then, plant trees on top, " Moalin told Ayrow in a recorded conversation.

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The plant is more at home on the Canary Islands and favours south facing steep ground, and can grow in drought-like conditions, he added.

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