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Crops Eating Into Worlds Natural Land Base
2014-01-24 23:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Lands covering an area the size of Brazil could be degraded by 2050 if conversion of natural lands to crop lands continues, warns a report by the UN Environment Programme, presented at the ongoing World Economic Conference in Davos. The report, "Assessing Global Land Use: Balancing Consumption with Sustainable Supply," was produced by the International Resource Panel, a consortium of 27 internationally renowned resource scientists, 33 national governments and other groups, hosted by UNEP. In...
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Worlds Poorest Suffer From Radioactive Sickness as Areva Mines for Uranium
2014-01-24 22:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: More than 60 percent of Niger`s population lives on less than $1 per day, and even more have no electricity. Still, French company Areva keeps contaminating those residents and their environment while mining away for uranium--one of the few resources the world`s poorest country still has. Areva has operated in northern Niger for four decades, according to Keith Slack, the global program manager of Oxfam America`s Extractive Industries team. The French government owns about 80 percent of the...
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GroovyW - The World's First Bluetooth NFC Wireless Charging Station Speaker
2014-01-24 17:39:26| Wireless - Topix.net
It's really come to something when your humble wireless speaker contains more high tech than a computer from 10 years ago, but we seem to be at that point right now.
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Toyota world's top selling car maker for 2nd year
2014-01-23 13:58:41| Automakers - Topix.net
In this Aug. 2, 2013 file photo, the emblem of a Toyota car shines at Toyota Motor Corp.'s showroom Toyota Mega Web in Tokyo.
Westpac the world's most sustainable firm
2014-01-23 08:09:13| Beverages - Topix.net
MATT Damon, Bono, Marissa Meyer - even Tony Abbott. They're all meeting to make the world a better place.
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