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Climate change boosts value of Prairie farms

2015-07-11 10:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Winnipeg Free Press: Jeff Rubin, the former chief economist for CIBC World Markets-turned-bestselling author, knows all about adaptation. His first book, Why Your World Is About To Get a Whole Lot Smaller grabbed international attention with predictions that world oil prices would climb to more than $200 a barrel by 2012, forcing a rethink of almost every economic driver in industrialized nations. Well, that didn't happen. On the contrary, oil prices have dropped so precipitously that further development of Canada's...

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Alstom Signs a Contract with Eletrosul to Integrate Wind Farms in Brazil

2015-07-10 01:03:00| Transmission & Distribution World

Alstom has been awarded a turnkey contract worth approximately 100 million from Eletrosul Centrais Electricas S/A. read more

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'Land sparing' vs. 'land sharing': scientists how improve biodiversity on farms

2015-07-06 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: To protect natural ecosystems in the long term, some conservationists advocate "land sparing," in which farmers intensify agricultural practices to boost yields, theoretically enabling them to forgo expansion into natural areas. Others advocate "land sharing," in which farmers take over more land but use low-intensity, more environmentally friendly agricultural practices. High-intensity practices on land-sparing farms, such as heavy planting, grazing, and use of fertilizer and pesticides, can threaten...

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US Foster Farms sued regarding 17-month salmonella outbreak

2015-07-06 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology

California-based chicken producer Foster Farms has been sued by a Texas-based law firm, Ron Simon & Associates, over a salmonella outbreak that resulted in 634 people falling ill.

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