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World hunger falls to less than 800 million: UN report
2015-05-29 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
The number of undernourished people in the world has decreased to 795 million people as per the latest annual UN hunger report.
Jewish World, 12:12 AMDozens of Synagogue Members' Homes Damaged in Houston Flood
2015-05-29 00:28:58| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Flooding that began on the 2nd day of the Shavuot holiday this week and continued the next day has damaged a Houston synagogue, a temple, and dozens of Jewish family homes in the southern city. Local and nationwide Jewish organizations are raising funds for the flood-bashed Jewish community.
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Construction Week: Live World War II Bomb Halts Project in London
2015-05-28 18:40:52| ENR.com: Headline News
WWII bomb found at London construction site; megaprojects boost April's construction numbers.
What Australia Can Teach the World about Surviving Drought
2015-05-28 16:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: From 1997 to 2009, Australia faced the worst drought in the country's recorded history. In Melbourne, a city of 4.3 million people located in southeastern Australia, water levels dropped to an all-time low capacity of 25.6 percent before the drought eased. Despite the dire situation, the city reduced water demand per capita by almost 50 percent by implementing a slew of policies and programs. The actions taken in Melbourne can be used as a road map for water-stressed places around the world,...
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Carbon tax or trade? Debate loses steam as world embraces both
2015-05-28 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Tax versus trade is an issue that has stalked the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) over its 10 years of existence, but is fading in importance as the world moves towards increased use of both methods of cutting greenhouse gas pollution. The European Union set up the ETS in 2005 as a way of getting round policy-making rules that require the unanimity of member states to decide on a tax. Following years of legislative fine-tuning to overcome problems such as a glut of carbon allowances, they...
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