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Five years after Japan quake, rewiring of auto supply chain hits limits
2016-03-30 09:06:26| Automakers - Topix.net
Five years after a huge earthquake temporarily crippled parts of Japan's auto supply chain, some companies have adjusted the industry's famed "Just in Time" production philosophy in a bid to limit any repeat of the costly global disruption. The quake exposed the vulnerability of a system pioneered after World War Two by Toyota Motor Corp , under which companies aim to boost efficiency by receiving small quantities of parts from suppliers only when needed.
Oregonian: Do you remember where you were when the ground started shaking? A look back at the 2001 Seattle quake
2016-02-29 23:08:08| PortlandOnline
News story posted to oregonlive.com February 29, 2016.
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Japan Plans Biggest Test of Carbon Capture North of Quake Site
2016-02-28 20:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Japan is preparing to test its biggest project yet for capturing and storing greenhouse gas pollution under the seabed despite concerns about cost and the safety of pursuing the technology in a region prone to earthquakes. Engineers plan to inject carbon dioxide into deep saline aquifers off the coast of Hokkaido at the northern tip of the nation starting in April. The gas will be siphoned away from a refinery operated by Idemitsu Kosan Co. under the government-backed project. Five years after...
Steve Brown: How next big San Francisco quake relates to D-FW real estate cycle
2016-02-26 20:38:44| Real Estate - Topix.net
We are more than five years into one of the longest, most dynamic real estate cycles I've ever seen in North Texas. Every week I write about new office towers going up, high-rise apartment buildings in the works and record home sales.
Bull Run Quake Science
2016-02-19 17:39:05| PortlandOnline
Ed Jahn in OPB, February 18, 2016
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