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2015 Conservation Legacy Awards: Three generations keep conservation at the forefront on this diverse North Carolina farm
2015-03-04 23:42:00| Corn & Soybean Digest
By Dean Houghton Family values For the Thomas family, conservation means constant improvement. For our farm operation to be a great example of a family farm business and a good neighbor in our community, we have to really work to include both standard practices as well as innovative practices that conserve natural resources, Jimmy Thomas says. read more
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Avista: At the forefront of Smart Grid 2.0
2015-01-30 19:06:12| Transmission & Distribution World
Avista, an investor-owned utility in Spokane WA, is leading the way in smart grid deployment. read more
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Race, segregation at forefront for Realtors after Ferguson
2015-01-09 21:04:04| Real Estate - Topix.net
The fatal Ferguson police shooting is forcing St. Louis real estate agents to again confront thorny issues of race and housing segregation that shaped the region's growth for decades before Michael Brown's death five months ago. More than 200 housing industry workers, bankers and community organizers packed a west St. Louis County conference room Friday for a discussion hosted by the St. Louis Association of Realtors on the "Ferguson impact."
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Climate Change Concerns Push Chile to Forefront of Carbon Tax Movement
2014-10-29 13:07:17| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: These are rough times for carbon taxes, aimed at mitigating climate change. Australia recently repealed its carbon tax. South Korea delayed a carbon-based tax on vehicle emissions. South Africa put off a planned carbon tax until 2016. And yet, for environmentalists, a sliver of hope exists in the shape of Chile, one of Latin Americas fastest-growing economies, which last month approved the first carbon tax in South America. The measure, due to take effect in 2018, was part of a broad overhaul of...
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UML at forefront of statewide food-waste ban
2014-10-02 04:51:56| Waste Management - Topix.net
The lumpy, ground-up food scraps that cover the bottom of a trash barrel in the basement of UMass Lowell's Fox Hall is what David Cash calls 58 pounds of "awesomeness." Once it's picked up by Casella Waste Systems' collection truck, this seemingly yucky brown substance becomes part of the company's composting operation, which turns a range of waste products, from paper fiber to ash to food wastes, into fertilization and landscaping products.
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