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Project of the Year: Florida Polytechnic University
2015-09-04 03:24:08| ENR.com: Headline News
Intense collaboration among contractors and designers building the Santiago Calatrava-designed Florida Polytechnic University project resulted in a signature architectural marvel.
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Portlands Balch Gulch Bridge Project Named to APWA 2015 Public Works Projects of the Year
2015-09-03 21:59:02| PortlandOnline
The Balch Gulch Bridge at NW Thurman Street Rehabilitation Project was awarded the APWA Project of the Year in the Historical Restoration/Preservation category at a cost less than $5 million.
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Tropical Tree Cover Loss Accelerated Last Year Satellite Analysis Shows
2015-09-03 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: WRI Tropical tree cover loss More than 45 million acres of trees were cut down last year -- an area twice the size of Portugal -- according to an analysis by the University of Maryland and Google. Tropical nations lost more than half of that total -- nearly 25 million acres of tree cover, an area roughly the size of South Korea. Brazil and Indonesia, the two countries most often associated with deforestation, had been making gains toward stemming the problem, but 2014 saw an uptick in tree cover...
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Duke Energy makes Site Selection's top utilities list for 7th consecutive year
2015-09-03 08:22:03| Energy - Topix.net
Duke Energy has made Site Selection magazine's 2015 list of the 10 top utilities for economic development, a plaudit won for seven years running and for more years than not over the last two decades. The magazine says in its latest edition that Duke brought 11,400 jobs and more than $3.6 billion in corporate investment to its six-state utility footprint last year.
How many trees are cut down every year?
2015-09-02 23:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A new study published in Nature estimates the planet has 3.04 trillion trees. The research says 15.3 billion trees are chopped down every year. It also estimates that 46% of the world's trees have been cleared over the past 12,000 years. When it comes to the world`s forests, two of the commonly asked questions are "How many trees are are on Earth?" and "How many trees are cut down each year?" A new study proposes answers: three trillion and 15.3 billion. The research, published today...
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