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Global groundwater crisis may get worse as the world warms
2014-10-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: From India to Texas, people are rapidly depleting their valuable stores of groundwater -- leading to the possibility that aquifers may be emptied within decades, a NASA researcher has warned. In a commentary published Wednesday in the journal Nature Climate Change, Jay Famiglietti, who has helped lead the use of a NASA satellite system to detect groundwater changes around the world, warned of dramatic consequences to come if changes are not made to the way that societies manage water supplies....
Sen. Hatch Calls High-Skilled Worker Shortage - A Crisis'
2014-10-25 21:39:57| Apparel - Topix.net
Sen. Orrin Hatch this week outlined the Republican tech agenda for the next Congress, and took a position that puts him at odds with some in his own party. Hatch, in a speech at the corporate offices of Overstock.com in Salt Lake City, called for raising the cap on H-1B visas.
Air bag crisis may shift auto market to Daicel, Autoliv
2014-10-25 01:43:59| Automakers - Topix.net
Honda Motor Co. vehicles are displayed at the company's headquarters in Tokyo on Thursday.
Global Industry Firms Craft Responses to Ebola Crisis in Africa
2014-10-21 22:46:46| ENR.com: Headline News
Fluor gets U.S. Army support contract in affected region, while Chinese and other companies cope with impacts; U.S. wastewater sector to get Ebola handling guidance from CDC.
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As nuclear waste piles up, South Korea faces storage crisis
2014-10-12 23:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Among the usual commercials for beer, noodles and cars on South Korean TV, one item stands in marked contrast. A short film by a government advisory body carries a stark message: the nation faces a crisis over storing its spent nuclear fuel after running reactors for decades. The world's fifth-largest user of nuclear power has around 70 percent, or nearly 9,000 tonnes, of its used fuel stacked in temporary storage pools originally intended to hold it for five or six years, with some sites due...
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