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Nearly half of the world's food ends up as waste, report finds
2013-01-10 07:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: As much as half of all the food produced in the world equivalent to 2bn tonnes ends up as waste every year, engineers warned in a report published on Thursday. The UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IME) blames the "staggering" new figures in its analysis on unnecessarily strict sell-by dates, buy-one-get-one free and Western consumer demand for cosmetically perfect food, along with "poor engineering and agricultural practices", inadequate infrastructure and poor storage facilities....
Risk experts see climate change as one of the world's biggest business threats
2013-01-10 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Risk experts are concerned that the twin threats of economic upheaval and accelerating climate change could collide over the next decade, delaying crucial adaptation efforts while exposing nations to unpredictable financial loss from disasters. The World Economic Forum describes this "super storm" of risks as a top hazard to the global economy through 2022 as world and corporate leaders prepare for an annual summit in Switzerland later this month. Tougher resilience will be a key theme -- not...
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RDE Microphones announces iXY, the world’s highest quality microphone for iPhone and iPad
2013-01-10 00:37:53| Location-Based Services (LBS) Zone
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Under Construction: The World's Largest Thermal Solar Plant
2013-01-09 17:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: According to photographer Jamey Stillings, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System (ISEGS) will be the "world's largest concentrated solar thermal power plant" when complete at the end of this year. That's if we want to get all technical. In plain terms: There's a huge solar plant under construction in the middle of the Mojave Desert, and Stillings has been documenting the process since the very beginning. Did you know this was happening? I didn't. "What I found along the way is that this...
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Registration Opens for SPE Antec® 2013, World's Largest Plastics Technical Conference
2013-01-09 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Registration is open for SPE ANTEC® 2013, which will take place in Cincinnati, OH from April 22–24. Plastics technical conference, consisting entirely of original, peer-reviewed presentations on topics relevant to current global plastics industry, will feature 500+ papers in 40 plastics technical areas as well as 3 New Technology forums, 3 plenary speeches, tutorials, panel discussions, and technical seminars. Activities will also be provided for students and young industry ...This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
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