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Study warns against hyping carbon-fixing biochar

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Of all the approaches to cutting carbon emissions, making charcoal and putting it in the ground as fertilizer would seem one of the least controversial. Environmental advocacy group the National Resources Defense Council today published an analysis that seeks to put some perspective on the potential on biochar. "The truth as to whether biochar is a cure-all or a scourge is apt to lie between the extremes, but we cannot say exactly where at present," according to the NRDC which said it isn't in a position to endorse or discourage its development without further technical development and tests. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNET's Green Tech blog. He started at CNET News in 2002, covering IT and Web development.

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