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Waste Management Records Big Loss for Fourth Quarter
2014-02-18 18:01:00| Waste Age
Waste Management Inc. posted a large net loss for its fourth quarter and substantially reduced net earnings for its year, hurt by its waste-to-energy and recycling businesses. read more
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Big data: friend or foe of sustainability?
2014-02-18 15:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Advances in technology mean the amount of digital information we collectively possess is growing exponentially. Estimates suggest that by 2020 there will be 300 times more information in the world than there was in 2005. Big data has the power to transform the way corporations understand the impact of their business on the environment, and prompt them to take action on sustainability. But storing and gathering this data is costly in itself, with large data servers located across the world consuming...
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Fracking Eagle Ford Shale: Big Oil & Bad Air on Texas Prairie
2014-02-18 10:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Fracking the Eagle Ford Shale: Big Oil and Bad Air on the Texas Prairie is an eight-month investigation by InsideClimate News, the Center for Public Integrity and The Weather Channel. Award-winning reporters reveal the dangers of releasing a toxic soup of chemicals into the air from oil and gas drilling and expose how little the Texas government knows about such pollution in its own state. They also show that the Texas legislature is intent on keeping it that way. The project blends traditional...
Obama to Tighten Fuel Efficiency Standards for Big Trucks Through Executive Order
2014-02-18 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: President Obama will announce Tuesday that the federal government will further tighten fuel efficiency for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, according to a White House official, as part of the president's ongoing effort to use his executive authority to address climate change. Obama's directive to the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation, which he will announce at the Safeway distribution center in Upper Marlboro, Md., marks the second time he has mandated a cut in...
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General aviation has big impact across the state
2014-02-17 18:21:52| Air Courier - Topix.net
Can you name the busiest airport in the state of Mississippi? The surprising answer is Olive Branch, and the reason is simple.
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