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Screening Technology Equals Modern-day Urban Mining
2018-09-11 22:31:00| Waste Age
Here's how companies like Vermeer Corp., Bulk Handling Systems and Aggregates Equipment Inc. tackle waste sorting utilizing different types of screens.
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Peace Pipes, Not Oil Pipes: Indians Battle Modern-Day Cowboys to Save Sacred Land
2016-09-22 21:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TomDispatch: Cowboys and Indians are at it again. Americans who don't live in the West may think that the historic clash of Native Americans and pioneering settlers is long past because the Indians were, after all, defeated and now drive cars, watch television, and shop at Walmart. Not so. That classic American narrative is back big time, only the Indians are now the good guys and the cowboys--well, their right-wing representatives, anyway--are on the warpath, trying to grab 640 million acres of public...
Modern-day slavery and environmental devastation go hand in hand
2016-01-21 02:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Slavery didn`t end with the Emancipation Proclamation. Despite slavery being illegal in every country on the planet, there are more enslaved people alive today than at any point in history. From fishing boats in Thailand to private homes in New York to diamond mines in Congo to rock quarries in India, there are an estimated 30 million people working in bondage right now. That`s right - 30 million. Modern slavery is the subject of Blood and Earth, a new book by Kevin Bales, who cofounded Free the...
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No Ball Gowns Here! Coco Rocha Designs a Cinderella Collection for the Modern-Day Princess
2015-02-15 01:47:45| Apparel - Topix.net
Coco Rocha is giving Cinderella a makeover! The model has joined forces with HSN and Disney to dream up a Cinderella-themed clothing line to launch next month on March 9. But this is no ordinary, run-of-the-mill princess collection. There aren't any sweeping frou-frou ball gown creations, glass-slipper motifs or tiaras.
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A 100-year-old knife has modern-day lessons
2015-01-07 02:26:00| Beef
Technologies contributing to efficiency in modern agricultural production continue to evolve, with the result being that less than 2% of Americans need to be involved in agriculture. Our population continues to migrate to cities, where they only have to spend about 6.6% of annual consumer expenditures on food. Vet's Opinion read more