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The economics of wasting food
2016-04-21 16:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Market Place: A new public service ad campaign aims to persuade consumers, who are responsible for the greatest share of food waste, to change their behavior. An environmental advocacy group, the Natural Resources Defense Council, is partnering with the Ad Council, makers of the iconic Smokey the Bear PSAs, to launch the campaign, which includes a TV spot chronicling the life of a strawberry from the farm to the supermarket. One of the points underscored by the campaign is that food waste carries an economic...
To help curb climate change, stop wasting food - scientists
2016-04-07 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Reducing food waste around the world would help curb emissions of planet-warming gases, lessening some of the impacts of climate change such as more extreme weather and rising seas, scientists said on Thursday. Up to 14 percent of emissions from agriculture in 2050 could be avoided by managing food use and distribution better, according to a new study from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK). "Agriculture is a major driver of climate change, accounting for more than 20 percent...
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Are we wasting our time building flood defences?
2015-12-11 11:37:00| BIFM News
Blog by Steve Dance, Managing Partner, RiskCentric and Committee Member on BIFM’s Risk & Business Continuity Special Interest Group.
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Garden State is Wasting its Waste, Should Better Utilize Biomass, Report Says
2015-09-28 15:19:00| Waste Age
NJ Spotlight Tapping into 4 million tons of organic trash NJ produces each year could help state reduce reliance on fossil fuels, curb greenhouse-gas emissions. read more
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Second state audit blasts Health Connector for wasting public funds
2015-09-02 01:41:13| IT Services - Topix.net
A second state audit of the Hawaii Health Connector's contracts with one of its vendors further blasts the agency for a "multitude of missteps" that resulted in the abuse of public funds. A follow-up report released Tuesday by state auditor Jan Yamane reiterates findings in a January report that sharply criticized officials of the state's health insurance exchange for incompetent oversight of contract awards and wasting more than $11 million in taxpayer dollars.
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