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Comment - Soft Drinks & Water - Glass Still Classy
2014-04-24 15:05:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Earlier this month, private equity fund KPS Capital Partners committed to pay Ardagh Glass a not inconsiderable sum of money for Anchor Glass. But, will it be money well spent? Richard Corbett investigates.
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Portland Parks & Recreation Aquatics Invites You to be a Part of National Water Safety Month
2014-04-23 23:09:57| PortlandOnline
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Rural India looks to past & present to meet growing water needs
2014-04-23 05:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Farmers in rural India are adopting a combination of centuries-old water storage methods and modern irrigation techniques to adapt to increasingly dry conditions. With funding from international donors, the government of the southern state of Andhra Pradesh is renovating thousands of medieval water ponds, and training farmers to use carefully targeted drip irrigation instead of flooding their fields with water. One of the converts to this mix of old and new methods is 80-year-old rice farmer...
Parched California moves to boost water saving toilets, faucets
2014-04-22 23:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: With California facing its worst drought in a century, state officials have fast-tracked first-in-the-nation water efficiency standards for new toilets, urinals and faucets, an action expected to save about 8.2 billion gallons of water the first year while cutting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. The draft standards, released late last week, would prohibit the sale of appliances in California that do not meet proposed standards, which are expected to go into effect in 2016. The standards...
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Earth Month Tip of the Week: Conserving Water
2014-04-22 20:23:18| The House Designers
Today is Earth Day and all month we have been giving you tips on how to conserve energy on things like your electric bill and your heating and cooling. Today we are focusing on how to conserve water in your home with everything from little changes to new appliances. Use Aerators An easy way to [...]
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