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Biotech Foods Can Save People and the Environment
2015-09-01 05:18:48| Biotech - Topix.net
Approximately 800 million people are currently malnourished, and the world's population is expected to rise by 2 billion by the year 2050. If we use current technologies-or, Heaven forbid, roll back use of modern agricultural practices-we will have to plow down literally millions of acres to relieve the projected hunger expected to come as a result of the growing population.
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Five-year ban placed on new hog farms near the Buffalo River
2015-09-01 04:05:10| Waste Management - Topix.net
The new rule prohibits Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality from issuing new permits to operations confining more than 750 swine weighing over 55 pounds, or 3,000 swine weighing less than 55 pounds. The Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission in Little Rock on Friday barred any new permits for big swine factory farms on the Buffalo National River Watershed over the next five years.
Andreessen: How Silicon Valley Can Work With the Pentagon
2015-08-31 21:47:47| IT Services - Topix.net
After meeting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter to talk cybersecurity, Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, discussed Silicon Valley's relationship with Washington with Bloomberg's Emily Chang at the Moffett Federal Airfield/NSA Ames Research Center on Friday. After meeting with Defense Secretary Ash Carter to talk cybersecurity, Marc Andreessen, co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, discussed market volatility in China and Twitter's search for a new CEO with Bloomberg's Emily Chang at the Moffett Federal Airfield/NSA Ames Research Center on Friday.
Five things to know today, and a new office park coming to the airport
2015-08-31 16:09:26| Steel - Topix.net
Happy Monday. As you count down the days to the Labor Day holiday, here's five things to know to start your workweek.
California Climate-Related Bills Go Down to the Wire
2015-08-31 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inside Bay Area: With the deadline for lawmakers to finish their work less than two weeks away, Gov. Jerry Brown and state Senate leader Kevin de León are working feverishly to pass what they call the year's most important legislation -- measures that both men believe will enhance their political legacies. The bills, which would dramatically reduce the state's reliance on oil and help to combat climate change, have been praised by everyone from Pope Francis to President Barack Obama to the world's leading scientists....
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