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Google Doodle Celebrates Italian Physicist Alessandro Volta
2015-02-18 19:23:27| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Not-so-wicked-smaht Bostonians are stripping down to their underwear and jumping out of their windows into piles of snow to take the #BostonBlizzardChallenge sprea... -- The number of Afghan civilians who were killed or wounded as a result of the ongoing conflict in their country rose 22 percent in 2014 from the prior y... OMAHA, Neb., Feb. 17, 2015- Valmont Industries, Inc. , a leading global provider of engineered products and services for infrastructure and mechanized irrigation eq... The No. 21 Nebraska women's basketball team returns to Big Ten road action this week beginning with a clash tonight at surging Northwestern.
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Electric Battery Creator Alessandro Volta Honored With Google Doodle
2015-02-18 18:02:49| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Without Alessandro Volta, there'd be no portable DVD players, power tools, pacemakers, or Energizer Bunny.
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Volta Industries adding two electric car charging stations on Maui, more on Oahu next year
2014-11-20 05:44:18| Grocery - Topix.net
As the electric and hybrid vehicle industry reaches almost 8 percent of the vehicle market share in Hawaii, Volta Industries is adding two electric vehicle charging stations on Maui by Friday and plans to roll out more across Oahu in 2015. The two new stations will be located at the Whole Foods Market at the Maui Mall in Kahului, said Arden Penton , director of media and operations for the Honolulu company.
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Study Highlights Damages of Climate Change on Volta River
2013-07-22 14:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Voice of America: A new report highlighting the damaging effects of climate change on West Africas Volta River basin was released at the 6th Africa Agriculture Science Week in Accra, Ghana. The study was performed by the Ghana based International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Researchs (CGIAR) Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). It examined the effects of climate change on water storage in Africa and detailed how...
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Volta River and Climate Change
2013-07-19 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: A new study released today finds that so much water may be lost in the Volta River Basin due to climate change that planned hydroelectric projects to boost energy and food production may only tread water in keeping up with actual demand. Some 24 million people in Ghana, Burkina Faso and four other neighboring countries depend on the Volta River and its tributaries as their principal source of water. Specifically, the researchers with the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and their...
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