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A world without water: Financial Times counts the cost of water scarcity
2014-07-18 13:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: Since 2011, companies around the world have spent more than $84 billion (49bn) to improve the way they conserve, manage or obtain water, according to a new investigation from the Financial Times. In the first article of a new series on the global threat of water scarcity, FT environment correspondent Pilita Clark looks how the marginal cost of water a resource previously taken for granted is rising for companies of all sizes. The report explains how a growing, aspirational global population...
Improving Driver Safety: How to Prevent Streetlight Glare in the New World of LED Lighting
2014-07-18 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Team of researchers from China and the Netherlands have developed a way to evaluate the human impact of uncomfortable glare caused by LED road lights. Using laboratory set-up to mimic visual conditions on the road, researchers created a model that can predict the level of discomfort experienced by drivers under various lighting conditions. Team reported their findings, which could guide streetlight placement and design, in The Optical Society’s open-access journal Optics Express. This story is related to the following:Trade Associations
Resourcing the World
2014-07-17 19:09:27| oilandgasonline Home Page
The world has to rethink its relationship with resources and come up with new social and economic growth models that are more efficient, better balanced and more sustainable. To make the switch from a resource consumption rationale to a use-and-recover approach in today’s circular economy, Veolia designs and implements solutions aimed at improving access to resources while at the same time protecting and renewing those same resources.
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Best airline in the world is..
2014-07-17 16:19:56| Airlines - Topix.net
Cathay Pacific has been named the World's Best Airline this year by Skytrax, a non-partisan U.K. based research firm.
We're living in a post open source world
2014-07-17 12:48:38| InfoWorld: Top News
After years of bitter feuds between free software and open source advocates, open source won. But it was a temporary victory.
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