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Sustainability Almanac for May 17 to May 24
0May 17, 2013 by Dan
Global News 30 Million People Displaced By Climate- And Weather-Related Events Last Year A new report out today shows that over 30 million people were displaced by climate-related extreme weather events. The Global Estimates report reveals that 32.4 million people were forced to flee their homes in 2012 by disasters … keep reading
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Sustainability Almanac for May 9 to May 16, 2013
0May 9, 2013 by Dan
Letter from the Editor Starting next week the Almanac will be released on Friday. This will allow the Editor more time to craft each issue and compile relevant stories and event listings. It will also give readers greater up-to-date news coverage and a more satisfying reading for your weekend needs. … keep reading
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Sustainability Almanac for May 2 to May 9, 2013
0May 1, 2013 by Dan
Global News European Union to Ban Pesticides Blamed for Bee Deaths The European Commission will restrict the use of pesticides linked to bee deaths by researchers, despite a split among EU states on the issue. There is great concern across Europe about the collapse of bee populations. Neonicotinoid chemicals in … keep reading
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Sustainability Almanac for April 25 to May 2, 2013
0April 25, 2013 by Dan
Global News Influx of Chinese goldminers sparks tensions in Ghana Two years ago, Huang, 40, left his tea farm in China’s Guangdong province to seek riches here in west Africa. Since then his work has been hot and arduous, and at times dangerous but, by his standards, the … keep reading
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Sustainability Almanac for April 18 to April 25, 2013
0April 17, 2013 by Dan
Letter from the Editor Last week, a story about Israeli and Palestinian water use prompted this reply from a reader: I strongly object to inclusion of the piece below in the Sustainability Almanac. I was recently in Israel on a Massachusetts Water Innovation Mission and it was pretty obvious … keep reading
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Sustainability Almanac for April 4 to April 11, 2013
0April 4, 2013 by Dan
Global News Greening the Internet: Is the Internet Too Hot for Data Centers to Handle? The Internet may not consume nearly as much environmentally unfriendly fossil fuel as airplanes or automobiles, but the growth of cloud-based services offered by Apple, Netflix and others is forcing data centers to provide greater … keep reading
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Sustainability Almanac for March 28 to April 4, 2013
0March 28, 2013 by Dan
Global News Climate Change Yields Agricultural Boost for Greenland’s Arctic Valleys On the Arctic Circle, a chef is growing the kind of vegetables and herbs – potatoes, thyme, tomatoes, green peppers – more fitting for a suburban garden in a temperate zone than a land of Northern Lights, glaciers and … keep reading
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Sustainability Almanac for March 21 to March 28, 2013
0March 21, 2013 by Dan
Global News Salt marsh restoration could create carbon emission sinks Allowing farmland that’s been reclaimed from the sea to flood and turn back into salt marsh could make it absorb lots of carbon from the atmosphere, a new study suggests, though the transformation will take many years to complete. Known … keep reading
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Sustainability Almanac for March 14 – 21, 2013
0March 14, 2013 by Dan
Global News Smart city spending to reach $20 billion by 2020 As more and more people flock to urban centers, the idea of smart cities has increasingly captured the mind share of civic leaders and planners around the world. Consider that cities already are responsible for approximately 70 percent of … keep reading
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Sustainability Almanac for March 7 to March 14
0March 7, 2013 by Dan
Global News Deep underground, worms and “zombie microbes” rule A dark realm far beneath the Earth’s surface is a surprisingly rich home for tiny worms and “zombie microbes” that may hold clues to the origins of life. “It’s an amazing new world,” said Robert Hazen, head of the Deep Carbon … keep reading
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