The Antarctic is left defenceless The Independent Alan Hemmings, an environmental consultant on polar regions, said the current lack of standards is a problem because increasing numbers of cruise ships are negotiating the poorly charted and storm-prone seas without ice-strengthened hulls as Antarctic ...
Are vintage clothes more ethical? The Guardian It is the antithesis of throwaway fashion, being rare, covetable and tradable. Rewearing old clothes also displaces the need to make new virgin fibres – manufactured with oil-based petroleum or using cotton – both with hulking environmental impacts ...
Oil and gas creating boomtowns in Texas Fort Worth Star Telegram For 30 years, the quiet, dusty crossroads of Texas 119 and Texas 72 in Yorktown mostly consisted of a Dairy Queen on one corner, a gas station across the street and some traffic, usually heading somewhere else. Ranchers joked that it was possible to ...
Iraq plans to invest $130bn in oil and gas over 5 years Gulf Times Abdul Kareem Luaiby said his country would allocate $18bn to raise natural gas output and $25bn to upgrade refinery capacity. Iraq expects to earn some $600bn in revenue from these oil expansion plans, Luaiby told an energy conference held in Basra.
UK farmers face disaster as 'perfect storm' strikes The Guardian As a result, farmers are seeing incomes slashed. According to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), some livestock farmers have seen incomes cut by more than 50% to only £14,000 a year, while dairy farmers have seen decreases ...
Britain's farming crisis: 'People don't realise how tough everything is' The Guardian A few hours before I arrived at Kit Dean's dairy farm on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, near where North Yorkshire smudges into Cumbria, he took a call from his animal feed supplier. "I had to put them off again," he says. The bill ...
Drake and Scull seek entry into oil and gas sector Daily News Egypt Engineering, design and construction firm Drake and Scull International PJSC, recently discussed plans to pursue what they described as "promising opportunities" in Egypt's domestic oil and gas markets by pursuing strategic partnerships with both the ...
Support grows for modifying Calif. environment law San Jose Mercury News Yet this year, the California Environmental Quality Act has become a target for sweeping changes in the Legislature. Democrats who typically align with environmental groups are taking seriously the concerns that have long been raised by business leaders.
Tamkeen supports participation in Middle East Oil AND Gas Show and Conference AME Info (press release) In line with its drive to develop the capabilities of Bahrain's private sector and enhance their positions within the market, Tamkeen supported 7 Bahraini enterprises and businesses at the Middle East Oil & Gas Show and Conference through its "Tarweej" ...
Thrasher earns Northeast Oil and Gas top engineer award Exponent-telegram Thrasher Engineering employees Matt Fluharty, project manager; Ken Moran, vice president; and Tom Marion, an engineer, attended the Northeast Oil & Gas Awards to accept Engineering Firm of the Year. (Submitted photo). Posted: Friday, March 15, 2013 ...
An animation created by the Alberta Energy Resources Conservation Board that outlines regulations that govern hydraulic fracturing operations in Alberta, Can...
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