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Off the Shelf - 'Green Gone Wrong' - Can Capitalism Save the Planet? - Review - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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‘lazy environmentalism,’ is geared toward the masses that aren’t willing to sacrifice,”
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armchair activism actualizes itself most fully in the realm of consumer goods; through buying the right products we can usher our economic system into the environmental age.”
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Fantastic Job GreenPlanetGrass - 1 views
I just want to say thanks to GreenPlanetGrass for a really fantastic job. The astro turf Perth looks great and we are really pleased with it. Actually we have the greenest and most attractive lawn ...
Synthetic Grass Means Lesser Asthma Attacks - 1 views
When I bought synthetic turf Perth from GreenPlanetGrass I knew then that I can be at peace of mind knowing that even if I am not at home and my precious daughter plays in the sun, I know she will ...
Synthetic Grass: Green and Economical - 2 views
GreenPlanetGrass did not only beautify our lawn but also helped me do my part in conserving precious water by cutting my water consumption to an amazing 60%! Thanks to their synthetic grass, we wer...
What Switching to Fake Grass Can Do - 1 views
Natural grass surfaces require so much maintenance in terms of cost, time, and effort. Since Green Planet Grass has understood the importance of these factors, the company has offered fake grass pr...
Using Synthetic Turf in Perth for Football Sports - 3 views
Players who have now preferred to use synthetic turf in Perth for football fields have seen the many advantages. Because the field is a high-traffic area, the synthetic grass has been installed to ...
Great Job GreenPlanetGrass - 1 views
Thank you GreenPlanetGrass. We are pleased with the installation of our synthetic lawn. It looks terrific and just what we had hoped for. We were quite impressed with all the aspects of your operat...
Gina Krog (formerly Dagny) Oil and Gas Field, North Sea - Offshore Technology - 1 views
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Gina Krog (formerly Dagny) oil and gas field is located in Blocks 15/5 and 15/6 of production licenses (PL) 303, PL 048, PL 029C and PL 029B of the North Sea, Norway. It lies in water depth of 120m about 10km away from the Sleipner West field.PL...
Black gold billionaires - the 10 biggest oil producing countries - 1 views
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The world's 10 biggest oil producing countries account for over 65% of the world's total oil output with Saudi Arabia, the United States and Russia - the top 3 oil producers - contributing significantly more than all seven other countries put together.Offshore-technology.com profiles the 10 biggest oil producing countries based on the latest production data.
Surmont Phase 2 Oil Sands Project, Alberta - Hydrocarbons Technology - 1 views
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Surmont Phase 2 Oil Sands project involves the expansion of the Surmont steam-assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) plant to increase its production capacity from the existing 27,000 barrels of bitumen a day to 136,000 barrels of bitumen a day. The Surmont site is located approximately 60km south-east of Fort McMurray, Alberta, in the Athabasca oil sands region.
KNPC's Clean Fuels Project - Hydrocarbons Technology - 1 views
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Kuwait National Petroleum Company's (KNPC) Clean Fuels Project (CFP) involves the upgrade and integration of the Mina Abdulla (MAB) and Mina Al Ahmadi (MAA) refineries. The project will increase the combined capacity of the refineries from the existing 736,000 barrels per day to 800,000 barrels per day, and will lower the sulphur content of petroleum products to 5%.
Australia to introduce new recycling program - 1 views
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The packaged food, drink and grocery product manufacturers in New South Wales, Australia, are set to launch a new program to increase the recycling of bottles and plastic drink containers in the state.
The world's biggest coal consumers - 1 views
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The top ten coal consuming countries account for over 85% of the world's total coal consumption, with China alone consuming as much as rest of the world together. Mining-technology.com profiles the ten biggest coal consumers based on latest coal consumption and production data.
Atlanta Field, Block BS-4, Santos Basin - 1 views
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Atlanta Field is a post-salt oil field located 185km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro in Block BS-4 of Santos Basin, at a water depth of 1,550m. First production from the field is expected in mid-2016.
Scarce supply - the world's biggest rare earth metal producers - 1 views
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Rare earth elements (REE) such as scandium, yttrium and 15 other minerals are sought after for their unique technology applications, but their scarcity means those countries lucky enough to contain them hold significant sway over global supply. Mining-technology.com profiles the eight biggest rare earth producers based on latest production and reserve data.
Brits abroad - finding cleantech investment in Silicon Valley - 1 views
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Breaking foreign markets and securing foreign finance is vital for many UK-based cleantech start-ups, but how should such companies go about selling their products overseas?
UK Parliament debates EU proposal to ban 'meaty' names - 1 views
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The House of Lords debated on Wednesday whether the EU's proposal to ban the use of words like 'sausage' and 'burger' to describe vegan and vegetarian products is in the interest of consumers in the UK.
Pambazuka - 'The real enemy is humanity itself' - 2 views
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the first “Earth Summit,” was held in Rio, leading to the Agenda 21 “blueprint for a sustainable planet,” UN conventions on climate change and biodiversity, and the creation of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (UNSCD). Since then, an entire ecosystem of global, national, governmental and non-governmental organisations has emerged to advocate and implement the closer integration of human productive life with knowledge about the environment: to observe the “limits to growth.” The most notable of these is the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), under which a global agreement to limit greenhouse gas emissions is being sought.
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There is vast disparity between what the advocates of political environmentalism have claimed and reality. So why are world leaders set to meet next month in Rio at the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development?
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The 1972 Stockholm meeting discussed the “need for new concepts of sovereignty, based not on the surrender of national sovereignties but on better means of exercising them collectively, and with a greater sense of responsibility for the common good.” In other words, the world can be fed, clothed and housed at the cost of autonomy. This surrendering of autonomy is a price worth paying, according to its advocates, whose argument has been reduced to a neat little slogan: global problems need global solutions.
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On one level, the critique of the "managerial ethos" is commendable. On another level, the author seems content with presenting arguments that range perilously close to the James Inhofe "climate change is a hoax" camp. This is fine, but it is not enough to claim that sustainability is all about politics. One should offer good arguments in support of this, and in response to strong arguments from opposing perspectives.
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If humanity don't act in time it could be the end of our lifetime soon natural gas report.
Best Rototiller for Large Garden a Review Guide For Saving Your Time - 0 views
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Are you dreaming of a garden you seen somewhere, which just left you mesmerized for a longer period of time? Are you looking for best rototiller for large garden? It is not exactly what it looks like.
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