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World is overlooking climate change effects of eating meat, says new report
2014-12-04 19:12:40| Livestock - Topix.net
A new report reveals most consumers aren't aware that the meat and livestock industry is a bigger source of global carbon emissions than transport - and that's even when air travel and shipping are included in the transport figures! However, the report, titled Livestock - Climate Change's Forgotten Sector , also found that consumers were more willing to reduce their meat consumption once they better understood the impacts, giving hope that awareness campaigns could work towards reducing the meat and dairy industries' contribution to global warming.
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UnitedHealth CEO expects 2016 growth as reform law effects wane
2014-12-02 16:30:14| Beverages - Topix.net
UnitedHealth Group Inc Chief Executive Stephen Hemsley said on Tuesday that as the effects of the national healthcare reform law diminish in 2016, the health insurer expects its pace of growth to be above 2015 and to accelerate from there. Hemsley, who was speaking at an analyst day, said that he expects 2015 earnings to be near the top of the company's forecast range, which is for earnings per share of $6 to $6.25.
Convention bureau leads the way in efforts to reduce effects of carbon dioxide
2014-11-24 04:32:20| Airlines - Topix.net
A general view of Royal Dutch Airways aircraft at Schiphol airport near Amsterdam. The airline's carbon offsetting programme has contributed to reforestation efforts in Africa.
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Bangladesh: Farming on Water to Prevent the Effects of Climate Change
2014-11-18 16:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Each year the brown waters of the Gumani river swell during the summer monsoon, creeping over the surrounding fields to flood Charbhangura, a village of 2,500 people in the Pabna district of northwest Bangladesh. From July to October the waters can rise at least 10 feet. The trunks of trees more than 30 feet away from the dry season riverbed show watermarks waist high. When the fields flood, the villages farmers have no work. There is water all around, said Hafiza Khatun, 25, a mother of...
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Colorants mimic space effects
2014-11-05 19:23:11| Chemicals - Topix.net
PolyOne Corp. has developed new colorants it says simulate effects of outer space. Aimed at personal care and cosmetic products made of PET, they resulted from the company's ColorMatrix research on a range of colors.
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