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Device makers are headed for an existential crisis
2016-04-29 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Flat-lining smartphone sales, sliding tablet volumes, and lingering doubts about smartwatches begs the question: what is the next big thing?
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Venezuela orders two-day week to tackle energy crisis
2016-04-27 14:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Venezuela`s public sector has been ordered to work just two days a week to save energy. Hydropower, which supplies two thirds of the country`s electricity, has been hit by the country`s worst drought since 1969. President Nicolas Maduro blamed El Nino and rising global temperatures for the prolonged dry spell. Critics said a lack of investment in aging infrastructure had contributed to the water and power shortages. The shortened working week affects nearly a tenth of the 30 million population....
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EPA calls for U.S. drinking water plan in wake of Flint crisis
2016-04-27 02:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official on Tuesday called for the development of a national plan to better protect the nation's drinking water, citing the lead contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan. Joel Beauvais, deputy assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Water, said in a blog post that agency management will meet with state, local government and public health officials next month. The EPA will release an action plan by the end of the year, he said. At least $384 billion...
PM in Port Talbot steel crisis talks
2016-04-26 14:49:47| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
David Cameron visits managers, workers and unions at Tata in Port Talbot to discuss the steel crisis.
A Timeline of Flints Water and Recycling Crisis
2016-04-20 10:07:00| Waste Age
When the officials of Flint, Mich., prepared to tap into the Flint River as a backup water source in 2007, they werent prepared for the crisis to follow. read more
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