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DAK Americas Buys Canadian PET Maker
2016-08-03 09:30:00| Nonwovens Industry Breaking News
Selenis Canada offers expansion opportunities
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Burning Economic Issues Behind Americas Wildfire Problem
2016-08-02 02:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The West, and federal taxpayers, have a serious and growing problem as communities continue to expand in and around forested and grassy landscapes prone to fire. As Headwaters Economics has shown so vividly in fine-grained maps, there is a vast amount of developable land in vulnerable zones that, without changed policies, will greatly increase exposure to hazard, and do so even as climate change boosts odds of fire-friendly conditions. The list of government reports, scientific studies and media...
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Lessons from Germany for Latin Americas Energy Transition
2016-08-01 22:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Germany has been undergoing an energy transition for over 20 years, and it can offer valuable lessons to Latin America with regard to promoting renewable energy and moving towards a low-carbon economy. Germany's transformation formally began in 2011, based on six laws that foment alternative energies through a surcharge for suppliers, the expansion of the power grid to boost the incorporation of renewables, and cogeneration, to use energy that goes to waste in power plants that run on fossil fuels....
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America's first floating wind farm comes with environmental and wildlife hazards
2016-07-31 15:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The deep waters off the coast of California could become home to the countrys largest offshore wind energy project and a test case for a technology that is still in its infancy. The 765-megawatt project, proposed by Seattle-based Trident Winds, would sit about 25 miles off Californias central coast, near the town of Cambria. If built, it will be larger than the 630-megawatt London Array off the coast of Kent, the worlds largest working offshore wind farm that began operating in 2013. The...
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Sartomer Americas Virginia Plant Passes One Million Work Hours Without Lost-Time Incident
2016-07-28 16:04:39| Coatings World Breaking News
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