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ISRI Creates Law Enforcement Council to Combat Metal Theft
2014-01-24 15:11:00| Waste Age
The Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) has created Law Enforcement Advisory Council to help the association develop a comprehensive program to address metals theft. read more
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Global Effort to Combat Climate Change May Not End in Paris Next Year
2014-01-15 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: It's been more than four years since leaders tried and failed to craft a binding new global climate change treaty in Copenhagen, and as nations head toward a new deal in 2015, the aftershocks of that Danish summit continue to reverberate. From climate campaigners to high-level diplomats, those who are committed to fighting global warming say making a strong agreement in Paris next year that radically reduces levels of greenhouse gas emissions is critical. But, they argue, it's not the last step...
Geo-engineering to combat climate change gets negative public response
2014-01-14 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
United Press International: Geo-engineering -- deliberate manipulation of the environment to counter climate change -- does not find favor with most of the public, a British study found. That's the report of researchers from the University of Southampton, writing in the journal Nature Climate Change. Working with colleagues at Massey University in New Zealand, they undertook the first systematic large-scale evaluation of public reaction to climate engineering. Some scientists argue that climate engineering approaches...
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France validates UAS functional integration with ships combat system
2014-01-14 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The French defence procurement agency (DGA) and DCNS have demonstrated functional integration of S-100 unmanned air vehicle (UAV) with the combat system of a warship, as part of the Systme Embarqué de ReconnaissanceVecteur Aérien Léger (shipboard r
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In search of next Big Fix to combat climate change
2013-12-31 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: In the 1890s, New York City was swamped -- not by a storm but something smellier, horse manure. Horses, the primary mode of transportation, dropped more than a million pounds each day, causing a sanitation crisis. No one found a fix, and some estimated the streets would eventually be buried several feet deep. Then, "shift happened," says Harvard chemist Daniel Nocera. The automobile arrived, and almost overnight, it replaced horses and cleaned up the streets. Hailed as an environmental savior,...
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