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3M Moves Toward Using Sustainably Logged Timber
2015-03-06 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The manufacturing giant 3M, which makes Post-it notes, will take new steps to ensure that its suppliers of paper, pulp and packaging provide materials that come from sustainably logged timber. Environmental activists have accused the company of outdated practices. The company, which also makes Scotch brand tape products, will now require some 5,000 direct suppliers in more than 70 countries to provide data, including the source of their harvested wood fiber. The company says it may sever ties with...
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Exports logged a record value for U.S. beef producers in 2014
2015-03-03 13:05:43| Beef
The export value per head of fed slaughter averaged a record $297.68 last year, up $52.72 from the previous year. Meat Matters read more
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Gadget Ogling: Logged Jogs, Manual Music, Smart Weapons and Skinny Phones
2014-10-31 14:43:15| TechNewsWorld
Welcome to another installment of Gadget Dreams and Nightmares, a weekly look at the treats and horrors revealed as manufacturers pull back their curtains. Behind door number one is a selection of updated activity trackers from one of the oldest dogs in the yard, with the other shiny prizes including a music controller, a smart accessory for police firearms, and the planet's thinnest smartphone.
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80% of rainforests in Malaysian Borneo logged
2013-07-17 23:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: 80 percent of the rainforests in Malaysian Borneo have been heavily impacted by logging, finds a comprehensive study that offers the first assessment of the spread of industrial logging and logging roads across areas that were considered some of Earth's wildest lands less than 30 years ago. The research, conducted by a team of scientists from the University of Tasmania, University of Papua New Guinea, and the Carnegie Institution for Science, is based on analysis of satellite data using Carnegie...
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Illegally logged trees to start calling for help
2013-01-24 16:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Illegal loggers beware: trees will soon be calling-literally-for backup. The Brazilian government has begun fixing trees with a wireless device, known as Invisible Tracck, which will allow trees to contact authorities after being felled and moved. Here's how it works: Brazilian authorities fix the Invisible Tracck-smaller than a deck of cards-onto a tree. An illegal logger cuts down the tree and puts it onto a truck for removal, unaware that they are carrying a tracking device. Once Invisible...
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