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Renewable power: Germanys energy gamble
2013-04-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: In an industrial warehouse on the outskirts of Stuttgart, the sooty past is shaking hands with Germany's green-energy future. In one corner sits a relic destined for a museum: a cast-iron engine as big as a bus, which was used until the early 1970s to compress coal gas for lighting, cooking and heating. Nearby, a gleaming network of stainless-steel tanks uses electricity to create methane out of water and carbon dioxide. This power-to-gas (P2G) pilot plant is the largest of its kind in the world,...
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Procter & Gamble Reaches 45 Facilities with Zero Waste to Landfills
2013-04-02 19:23:00| Waste Age
Procter & Gamble (P&G) said it now has 45 of its facilities that have achieved zero manufacturing waste sent to landfills. read more
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Should state take $350 million gamble to settle casinos' comped meals lawsuit?
2013-02-17 12:22:17| Trucking - Topix.net
For decades, Nevada casinos paid a tax on the meals they "comped" patrons and employees - the iconic Las Vegas tradition of pit bosses doling out steak dinners to blackjack players, or more recently, slot jockeys cashing in their reward points.
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Comment - Wehring's Way: Beam Inc and its Maker's Mark Gamble
2013-02-11 23:35:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Pick up a bottle of Maker's Mark, and you can't help but notice the attention to detail, the provenance, the history. That's all the more impressive when you learn that the brand is owned by a listed company.
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Investors gamble by ignoring climate constraints
2013-01-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mail and Guardian: This is the conclusion of a report by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries. A comprehensive look at what global investors are thinking, it found that while there is no question that resources will be squeezed in the future, asset managers did not consider this in their decision-making process. "Currently, actuarial models are effectively discounting to zero the probability of economic growth being limited by resource constraints," it said. "The most extreme scenarios modelled represent financial...
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