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VIDEO: Wine lovers face global shortage
2013-10-31 05:58:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The world is heading for a wine shortage, with global consumer demand already significantly outstripping supply, a report has warned.
Fears of Craneless Recovery Continue As Machinery Sales Face Headwinds
2013-10-30 18:13:22| ENR.com: Headline News
A lack of confidence in nonresidential construction activity slowed down equipment manufacturers sales in the third quarter.
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Low on Natural Gas, More Cities in China Will Face Choking Air Pollution
2013-10-30 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: In a push to curb air pollution, China has been urging its cities to rely more heavily on natural gas and less on coal. But a shortage of natural gas is threatening that goal, as urban populations boom and domestic gas production lags, Reuters reports. Chinese officials have said that to reduce air pollution the most densely populated parts of Beijing should use only gas heat, which limits the supply of natural gas for smaller cities and forces those cities to rely on coal. Pollution levels in Chinese...
Major coastal cities face billions in flood losses
2013-10-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Aljazeera: Flood protections are easily misunderstood: A 100-year flood is not one that occurs once every 100 years, but instead one that has a 1 percent chance of occurring in a single year. Most U.S. cities have protections for 100-year flood events but some, like Houston, are only prepared for a 50-year flood. But as seas rise and more intense weather events become more frequent, floods are expected to become more destructive. According to a recent study published in the scientific journal Nature Climate...
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Construction Science Fiction: In the Face of Disaster
2013-10-30 10:04:37| ENR.com: Headline News
When a cataclysmic event throws a group of construction engineers on a cruise off course, they must learn how to use basic materials on hand in their new surroundings to build shelter and survive.
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