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Oil drilling causes widespread contamination in the Amazon rainforest
2014-06-13 20:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Decades of oil extraction in the Western Amazon has caused widespread pollution, raising questions about the impact of a new oil boom in the region, according to a team of Spanish researchers presenting at a conference in California. Led by Antoni Rosell-Mele of the Universitat Autnoma de Barcelona, the team assembled a database of chemical analyses taken from 18 wastewater dumping sites from 10 different Amazon tributaries from 1983 to 2013. They looked at nine pollutants including lead, mercury...
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Major U.S. Breweries Work to Conserve Water Amid Widespread Drought
2014-06-12 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Major breweries in the U.S. are cutting back on the amount of water they use to brew beer as drought threatens their water supplies, the Associated Press reports. MillerCoors, headquartered in Chicago, has reduced its water use by 9.2 percent since 2012, a company sustainability report said. Earlier this month St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, reported that it has cut water use by 32 percent in the last five years. Employing strategies such as fueling boilers with wastewater,...
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Industry study finds lead-acid to remain most wide-spread automotive energy storage for foreseeable future; new chemistries continue to grow
2014-05-28 12:30:33| Green Car Congress
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Up a Creek Without a Paddle: Coldwater Creek and Other Retailers See Widespread Closures
2014-05-20 22:15:00| National Real Estate Investor
In a distressing trend, Coldwater Creek recently announced that it will be liquidating its stores entirely. This represents over 350 stores that will be disappearing within malls throughout the country. Large-scale closures have also been announced by teen retailers Aeropostale (over 150 stores) and Abercrombie & Fitch, which will be attempting to overhaul its Hollister brand to a fast-fashion concept. Abercrombie is also giving up on its Gilly Hicks intimate apparel division. And the strip center-based value apparel retailer Dots is also liquidating its 300-plus retail locations. read more
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Exclusive NREI Survey Finds Widespread Optimism in the Multifamily Sector
2014-05-07 18:31:00| National Real Estate Investor
The apartment sector today is in a good placea very good placeand the future looks just as good, according to a survey conducted by National Real Estate Investor. read more
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