sandbag
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Download the Sandbag app to find the cleanest time to use electricity Yeb Saño, Filipino diplomat who led the hunger fast at UN climate change talks Eat more local food.
From The Guardian • Oct. 8, 2015
The study, by carbon trading thinktank Sandbag, found that a huge oversupply of carbon pollution permits means many are being banked to enable emissions after 2020, when efforts to tackle global warming should be intensifying.
From The Guardian • Jun. 25, 2013
Since March 1, volunteers have been bused in to Fargo's "Sandbag Central," an arena-size utility building normally used to house a fleet of 25 garbage trucks, said Terry Ludlum, the city's solid waste utility manager.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 17, 2010
As the Reds began shooting up Sandbag Castle, Joe canceled his own furlough, volunteered to stay and help build bunkers.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the battle of Inkermann he joined the officers of the Grenadier Guards, and assisted them in defending and saving the colours of the regiment when hard-pressed in the Sandbag Battery.
From Our Sailors Gallant Deeds of the British Navy during Victoria's Reign by Kingston, William Henry Giles
