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University of So Paulo quantify countrys sugar industry
2015-10-19 08:56:15| Sugar Industry News
In Brazil, researchers led by the School of Economics and Business (FEARP) at the University of So Paulo have developed a method for mapping and quantification of productive chains and discuss the results of this method in the sugar cane chain in Brazil based on CHAINPlan that focuses on strategic planning and management of agribusiness systems. The study attempted to put a valuation on the countrys sugarcane industry, which came to around $43.4 billion, about 2% of the countrys overall GDP.
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Proposal Will Add N.J. Site to List of Country's Most Hazardous Waste Sites
2015-09-29 20:52:00| Waste Age
NJ.com A former pesticide factory could be the newest addition to a list of the country's most hazardous waste sites, according to a proposal by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). read more
The Time a Newspaper Stared Down the Country's Largest Advertiser
2015-04-23 00:01:04| Automakers - Topix.net
Editor's Note: The news last week that Buzzfeed had deleted posts critical of advertisers got some of us at ProPublica wondering about any instances when news organizations stood up to advertiser pressure. As it turns out, ProPublica president Richard Tofel wrote a whole chapter of a book about one of those cases: In 1954, the Wall Street Journal and its publisher, Barney Kilgore, confronted General Motors.
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Indian minister promises tackle country's acute air pollution problem
2015-04-05 23:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Indian environment minister has promised to tackle his nations acute problem with air pollution better than the rest of the world has ever done amid growing domestic concern at the health impact on hundreds of millions of people living in the developing nations overcrowded cities. In an interview with the Guardian, Prakash Javadekar said the government would announce Indias first nationwide composite, comprehensive air index this week. So far, Indias collection of pollution data has...
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Germany mourns country's largest loss of life in 15 years
2015-03-25 15:01:59| Airlines - Topix.net
Flags flutter half-mast on top of the Reichstag building, the seat of the German lower house of parliament, in Berlin on Wednesday. Germany was in mourning on Wednesday after losing 67 citizens in the Germanwings crash in the French Alps, the largest loss of life for the country in a single incident in 15 years.
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