Improved reliability and affordability of energy systems, increased community and Aboriginal involvement in decision-making, and reducing environmental impacts due to energy use were some of the key issues identified as requiring attention ...
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2013 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards, the profession’s highest recognition of works that exemplify excellence in architecture, interior architecture and urban ...
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As part of the recent Plant and Animal Genomic Conference held in San Diego, Dr. Don Jones of Cotton Incorporated presented the 2012 Cotton Biotechnology Award to five outstanding researchers that were instrumental in mapping the cotton ...
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As a leading manufacturer of all types of functional sportswear, the Swiss company ODLO International AG has for many years been synonymous with high-quality clothing and accessories which are optimally attuned to their respective sports ...
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CRAiLAR Technologies Inc which produces and markets CRAiLAR,a natural fiber made from flax and other bast fibers,has signed a fiber supply agreement with Japan-based Kowa Company. Kowa Company was founded in 1894 as a cotton ...
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Business Standard reported that iron ore starved steel industry in and around Karnataka might have to wait for a longer period to get smooth supply of key raw material for its blast furnaces as the opening of Category B mines, which contain ...
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Computerworld - The problem: You want to send images into space and you want them to last 5 billion years. The solution: A gold-plated disc. That's the idea behind The Last Pictures project, which is scheduled to blast off in the next few ...
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Almost every house in the vicinity of an iron ore mine in Goa's Sanguem, Sattari and Bicholim talukas is likely to have a 10 tonne tipper truck parked in its backyard. Some have 2, 3 or even 4 trucks parked. In all, there were about 25,000 ...
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On December 20, 2012. at JSC Zaporizhstal there was on-site meeting of standing commission of city council on ecology, dedicated to the issues of environmental-related activity of the Steel Works. Jointly, with members of deputy ...
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The Munich-based WACKER Group has developed two new condensation-curing silicone rubber grades for textile coating: ELASTOSIL E 91 and ELASTOSIL E 92 N. Formulated without tin, these silicone grades meet the requirements of Öko-Tex ...
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What began 125 years ago as a modest corset creation business in a small barn in Heubach in Württemberg in South-West Germany has now developed into one of the world's leading producers of lingerie and underwear. Then as now customer ...
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The Gazprom headquarters hosted a meeting dedicated to the Year of Ecology in Gazprom. Mr Alexey Miller chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee moderated the meeting and approved a respective Action Plan. Taking part in the meeting ...
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As the battle between Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S III rages on – a study conducted by the disassembly firm iFixit and nonprofit organisation Ecology Centre has concluded that the iPhone 5 is less toxic than the ...
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A French minister cast doubt Sunday on whether the world's top steelmaker ArcelorMittal would keep its end of the bargain after a compromise deal on a key plant that Paris had threatened to nationalize. French Ecology Minister Ms Delphine ...
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Mariouche Gagne, the founder and head designer of Harricana, has created an Ecoluxe brand based on her convinction that luxury can be synonymous with eco-consciousness. By re-using and re-modeling noble and rich materials such as fur , ...
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