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Preview of the Year - 2015 - Part I: Soft Drinks & Bottled Water
2015-01-26 16:36:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
While it may come as a surprise to the beleaguered beverage industry in North America and Western Europe, global soft drinks had an extremely successful year in 2014. Total volumes in soft drinks last year, including retail and foodservice, grew by 3.5%, and by 6% in value terms - the best performance of the past five years.
Preview of the Year - 2015 - Part I: Soft Drinks & Bottled Water
2015-01-26 16:36:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
While it may come as a surprise to the beleaguered beverage industry in North America and Western Europe, global soft drinks had an extremely successful year in 2014. Total volumes in soft drinks last year, including retail and foodservice, grew by 3.5%, and by 6% in value terms - the best performance of the past five years.
U.K. Lawmakers Urge Fracking Delay on Water, Climate Risk
2015-01-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Fracking shale for oil and gas should be put on hold in the U.K. because of risks to public health and the environment, a panel of lawmakers said. A moratorium on fracking is needed to prevent the U.K. from missing its carbon targets and allow time to stiffen regulations for the industry, Parliaments cross-party Environmental Audit Committee said in a report Monday. It called for measures including a ban on venting methane, public disclosure of chemicals used for hydraulic fracturing, and a regulatory...
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Big water polluters may get life sentence under amended environmental law
2015-01-25 14:13:57| Semiconductors - Topix.net
The Legislature approved amendments to the Water Pollution Control Act under which business owners convicted of causing death by illegally ----releasing toxic water or waste water could be given life sentences plus a fine of NT$30 million . The amendments include provisions to protect whistleblowers, stop businesses from transferring properties, and tracing culprit-owned properties to a third party to ensure that convicted polluters do not escape justice.
Ancient water distribution system found under Union Pacific Railroad tracks
2015-01-24 06:22:20| Railroads - Topix.net
Archaeologists in San Gabriel have uncovered an important piece of Southern California's history: the foundation to an ancient water distribution system that has laid buried a few feet beneath the surface of the old Union Pacific Railroad tracks for more than century. Alameda Corridor-East Construction Authority's lead archaeologist John Dietler said the feature, a series of stone-lined canals and reservoirs, is the missing piece of an important story behind the success of the San Gabriel Mission and ultimately, the springboard to the growth of Los Angeles.
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