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Chip-makers unruffled by planned water surcharge due to conservation
2015-01-11 05:44:56| Semiconductors - Topix.net
Taiwan's two leading contract chip makers seem confident about dealing with a planned surcharge on big water users because of the water conservation measures the two companies have taken over many years. Both Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.
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Public comment period for Conservation Stewardship Program rule extended
2014-12-29 15:55:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
Source: USDA USDAs Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is extending the public comment period on the Conservation Stewardship Program (CSP) interim rule. Public comments will be accepted through Jan. 20, 2015. read more
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A Scientist's Call for Civility And Diversity in Conservation
2014-12-03 16:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: For the past few years, an acrimonious debate has been ranging between two camps of conservationists. One faction advocates protecting nature for its intrinsic value. The other claims that if the degradation of the natural world is to be halted, natures fundamental value -- in other words, what nature can do for us -- needs to be stressed. The tone of the rhetoric has Joy Leighton Jane Lubchenco led to a petition, published this month in the journal Nature, that criticizes both sides for indulging...
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'New normal' approach conservation comes under fire
2014-12-02 17:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: New study faults adaptive 'Novel Ecosystems' concept with ignoring true values of biodiversity, restoration Over the past few years a new conservation approach known as the "novel ecosystems" concept has been slowly gathering steam in science, media, and policy-making circles. Based on pragmatism, it presents itself as a way forward in a world where irreversible ecosystem change is inevitable. It holds that rather than vainly trying to restore disturbed ecosystems back to their original states,...
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Hillary Clinton says fracking carries risks in conservation speech
2014-12-02 12:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hillary Clinton has offered mild criticism of the fracking boom that has spread across the US under Barack Obamas presidency, drawing another small distinction with his administration. Clinton, who has yet to declare she is seeking the presidency, kept the bulk of her speech to a League of Conservation Voters dinner in New York resolutely vanilla. But she did express concerns about the environmental costs associated with natural gas and went so far as to suggest there may be places where it was...
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