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Americans wasting huge amounts food through poor date labelling
2013-09-25 10:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Misunderstood sell-by dates on food are leading to phenomenal amounts of food waste, according to a new report that highlights a lack of federal regulation for food labelling as a key problem. The report, called "The Dating Game", was produced by the Natural Resource Defense Council (NRDC) and the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic. It says that 40 per cent of the food produced in the US is never eaten, while $165bn of food is thrown away annually, most of which is edible. Misunderstood food date...
Are We Wasting Resources That Could Feed Hungry Children?
2013-08-27 19:22:00| Beef
Jude Capper On her blog bovidiva.com, Jude Capper poses the question, Can we really afford to lose the sustainability advantages that productivity-enhancing tools provide? read more
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US fracking industry 'wasting $1bn a year in gas flaring'
2013-07-31 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: The full scale of the gas flaring undertaken by the North Dakota fracking industry has been laid bare, after a new report suggested the practice resulted in approximately $1bn of gas being wasted last year. The new study from the Ceres group of sustainable investors draws on official figures from the North Dakota Industrial Commission and reveals that the state's oil and gas developers flared 29 per cent of the natural gas they produced during May 2013. The proportion of gas being flared has actually...
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Are audiophiles wasting their money on expensive gear?
2013-06-30 20:10:00| CNET News.com
Audiophiles take great pleasure in their hobby. Is it really any different than wine snobs or guys who collect Corvettes? [Read more]
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30 years of time-lapse satellite images show coastal Louisiana wasting away
2013-05-23 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Lens: The new Google app arrived in my life to the kind of reception reserved for a doctor carrying the results of a biopsy. Did I really want to know? The blog post announced that the God of the Internet had just delivered another digital miracle. It was now possible to watch 30-year time-lapse photography of any spot on the planet. This innovation expands on the phenomenal product named Google Earth, the one that stitches together satellite images of every inch of our world and offers the results...