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PPL Electric Utilities Improving Electric Delivery System in Lehigh Valley and Bucks-Montgomery Regions

2013-06-28 19:56:00| Transmission & Distribution World

In communities from the Slate Belt to southern Lehigh County, Penn, PPL Electric Utilities is at work upgrading power lines, modernizing facilities, building new substations and making other improvements on its distribution system. read more

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WRU earmarks extra 1m for regions

2013-06-27 01:11:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The Welsh Rugby Union is making an extra 1m available to help regions keep international players in Wales.

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Rich Chinese Are Exporting Pollution to Poorer Regions

2013-06-15 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Climate News Network: Just as rich nations have passed the responsibility for carbon dioxide emissions to the developing nations, so the rich provinces of China have exported the problem to the poorest regions, according to new research. The world's biggest single emitter of the greenhouse gas -- 10 billion tons in 2011 -- has undertaken to reduce the "carbon intensity' of its economy. But, according to Klaus Hubacek of the University of Maryland and colleagues, the richest and most sophisticated regions of China with...

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Getting More Crop-per-Drop In Worlds Driest Agricultural Regions

2013-05-31 19:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Yale Environment 360: Improvements in irrigation in the worlds driest regions could significantly boost food production and water sustainability, according to a new study. In an analysis of how water is used for 16 staple food crops worldwide, including in regions with similar climates, a team of researchers identified specific areas where major efficiency improvements can be made in the so-called crop per drop -- or the amount of food produced per liter of water. According to their findings, published in the journal...

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