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US: On-trade loses wine share, but consumption up
2013-09-23 13:20:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Off-trade sales of US wine last year continued to eat into the on-trade as overall consumption increased for the 19th straight year, new figures have shown.
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World's largest solar power plant to come up in Rajasthan
2013-09-23 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SME Times: India will build the world's largest 4,000 MW solar project in the western state of Rajasthan. The ultra-mega green solar power project would be built in two phases in an area close to Sambhar Lake, about 75 km from Jaipur. The first phase will be of 1000 MW and commissioned in three years - by the end of 2016, says Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Minister Praful Patel. Patel had asked the Department of Heavy Industry (DHI) under his ministry to initiate the process of setting up...
Hunger Seen Worsening by Oxfam as Climate Change Heats Up World
2013-09-23 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: World hunger is expected to worsen as climate change hurts crop production and disrupts incomes, with food-price spikes due to extreme weather set to increase, charity Oxfam said. The number of people at risk of hunger may climb by 10 percent to 20 percent by 2050 as a result of climate change, with daily per-capita calorie availability falling across the world, Oxfam wrote in an e-mailed report today. The world risks cataclysmic changes caused by extreme heat waves, rising sea levels and depleted...
Roaring waters, deep scars: 'It chewed us up'
2013-09-22 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In the Colorado mountains, the floodwaters struck Jamestown like an invading army. Houses tumbled into the churning Little James Creek. A torrent of rocks and mud crushed Joey Howlett, 72, in his home. People rushed into the rain in pajamas, children in their arms, to shouts of Get out! Get out! About fifty miles downstream in the blue-collar city of Evans, the flood filled up poor neighborhoods like a stoppered sink. The rain-swollen South Platte poured into enclaves of Hispanic immigrants....
United Kingdom: Green Deal is damp squib as only 12 homes take up energy-saving offer
2013-09-22 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The government has billed its Green Deal as "the most ambitious home improvement programme since the second world war", but it has now been revealed that just 12 homeowners are making repayments through its finance package for energy-efficient work carried out on their property. Since the scheme's launch in January, householders have been able to sign up to the deal, which allows them to pay for energy-efficiency improvements to their home with no upfront cost. Work is funded by a loan repaid...
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