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For Earth Day, Report Has News Ease Meat-Lover's Conscience

2016-04-23 00:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

National Public Radio: The World Resources Institute has news to ease a meat-lover's conscience: In a new report, it says you don't have to bid burgers bye-bye in order to reduce the environmental footprint of what you eat. Cutting back could go a long way, it says. In the report, the nonprofit calculates the planetary effect of various possible changes in how the world eats. According to the WRI, the planetary impact of Americans' meat and dairy habit accounts for nearly 90 percent of all the land used to feed us -...

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Appeal of Conscience Foundation at 50 Honors British PM Cameron

2015-09-29 00:27:19| Beverages - Topix.net

On September 24, as Pope Francis was performing Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Rabbi Arthur Schneier , founder and president of the Appeal of Conscience Foundation - who'd been knighted by Pope Francis in 2015 - was presiding at the organization's 50th Anniversary Dinner at the Waldorf-Astoria. Recapping his decades' long interventions and negotiating accomplishments, Schneier recalled his own journey as a survivor who had lived under both Nazi persecution and Communism.

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Whirlpool Gives Smart Homes a Conscience

2015-01-15 04:54:46| Appliances - Topix.net

Expanding on its digital cooktop concept at last year's show, the brand is predicting the future of the kitchen with the debut of the Interactive Kitchen of the Future 2.0 - a concept cooking environment and fully connected, social media hub that syncs devices and all your kitchen appliances so everything and everyone you communicate with is within reach using existing surfaces. In a conceptual demonstration at the show, Whirlpool Brand illustrated what it would be like to create an interactive backsplash and cooktop that connects users to their social networks, favorite websites and recipes.

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How can I drive a car with clean eco conscience?

2014-09-07 07:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Its an essential right to be able to get from A to B. What a shame then that we cant welcome you to the national car fleet with open arms and some hemp bunting. There are more fuel-efficient cars on the market, but those gains are evened out by a rise in car use. In the UK, transport contributes almost a quarter of GHG (greenhouse gas emissions), more than half from cars. To reach emissions targets well need to put our foot to the floor (metaphorically, that is). But there are still not enough...

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