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Scarce data on foreign real estate investment
2015-06-19 12:25:55| Real Estate - Topix.net
There is scant data available on how many foreign investors are snatching up Canadian homes, and experts say the knowledge gap needs to be filled if policy makers hope to maintain the stability of the country's real estate market. Foreign investment has become a hot-button issue in Vancouver lately, with many residents blaming demand from offshore buyers who are looking for a safe place to stash their money for the city's soaring home prices.
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How California distributes scarce water
2015-04-19 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: The state of California is asking a basic question right now that people often fight over: What's a fair way to divide up something that's scarce and valuable? That "something," in this case, is water. There's a lot at stake, including your very own nuts, fruit and vegetables, because most of the water that's up for grabs in California goes to farmers. This year, some farmers will get water, and others will not, simply based on when their land was first irrigated. Consider, for instance, the case...
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California water becomes scarce and energy hungry
2015-02-19 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: In drought-stricken California, ensuring water flows from faucets is nearly as much about energy as it is about the water's source. Water needs more than gravity to flow from its sources, often hundreds of miles away. It is pumped through aqueducts and pipelines from mountain sources, reservoirs and the Colorado River, often far from Los Angeles, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area and the Central Valley, where most of the water is consumed. With California in the throes of one of the worst...
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So far, opposition scarce for proposed midtown Whole Foods
2014-12-08 17:43:47| Grocery - Topix.net
A proposed Whole Foods Market in midtown, which would fill a mixed-use building planned on L Street, enters the very early stages of its approval process with a staff report at the city's planning commission. This is a new rendering of the five-level parking garage with commercial space.
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Indonesian sugar sector 'at critical point' due to scarce raw imports
2014-11-24 08:58:00| Sugar Industry News
Indonesia's government must issue 2015 raw sugar import permits this month or face further closures of refineries and shutdowns at food and drinks businesses, an industry group in the world's top importer said, warning the situation was at crisis point.
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