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Availability of sugar influences rate of diabetes, study says
2013-02-28 06:30:43| Sugar Industry News
In a finding certain to put new pressure on the purveyors of sugary foods and drinks, a worldwide analysis shows that regardless of its effect on obesity, the ebb and flow of sugar in a country\'s diet strongly influences the diabetes rate there.
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Editor's Focus: Design Influences Student Performance
2013-02-12 15:42:00| American School & University
Classroom design can influence a students academic performance. Editor's Focus read more
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Climate change influences investment risk
2013-02-10 06:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Financial Times: For more than a decade, investors have been asking companies to detail their climate risks through initiatives such as the Carbon Disclosure Project, but until now, no one has asked these investors about their own exposure to these risks and they have certainly not volunteered the information. A new project has asked more than 1,000 of the worlds biggest asset owners to say what their exposure is to climate risks and what they are doing about it. Julian Poulter, executive director of the Asset...
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RSF Influences New High Performance Buildings
2013-01-24 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
The Research Support Facility at NREL demonstrates energy savings every day as 1,800 NREL staff start their workdays in a 360,000 ft² Class A office building that generates as much electricity as it uses, thanks to rooftop photovoltaics. The 50,000 ft² Bullitt Center in Seattle is being built with one goal in mind — to be the greenest, most energy-efficient commercial building in the world. Like NREL, the Bullitt Foundation is looking to change the way buildings are designed, built, and operated. ...This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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