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Monthly Archives: June 2012
The agricultural-trading industry is being redrawn and North America, traditionally known as the bread basket of the world, continues to be a centre point as demand for food and animal-feed in developing countries including China surges. Marubeni Trading, the Japanese … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture
Tagged Agriculture, Gavilon, glencore, Louis Dreyfus, M&A, marubeni
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Nowhere is the global push to restore degraded land likely to be more important, complex and expensive than in China, where vast swaths of the soil are contaminated by arsenic and heavy metals from mines and factories. A tenth of … Continue reading
In 2011, the wind industry installed 23% more capacity than in 2010, up to 39.9 GW thanks to the revamp of the North American market • 2012 will see the market grow to over 47 GW of new installations—an 18% … Continue reading
Posted in Energy Efficiency, Investments, Wind
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CAIRO, 8 May 2012 (IRIN) – Yemen is heading for a major humanitarian crisis unless relief organizations quickly boost their response capacity, and donors, including wealthy neighbours, provide much-needed funding to contain rising malnutrition, disease and poverty. “The humanitarian crisis … Continue reading
Iraq buys 100,000 tons of rice BAGHDAD: Iraqi Grains Company announced buying 100.000 tons of Thai, Argentine and Uruguay rice, according to its statement.The statement quoted Director General Hassan Ismael that the company bought 30.000 tons from Argentina, 30.000 tons … Continue reading
The United Arab Emirates should be able to export nearly half of its crude without using the Strait of Hormuz مَضيق هُرمُز for the first time from early July, with a new pipeline expected to pump 1m barrels to the Gulf … Continue reading
Last week the Japanese Noda government decided to restart two nuclear reactors at the Ohi nuclear plant in Fukui Prefecture, central Japan. It will be the first nuclear power plant to resume operation since all of Japan’s 50 nuclear reactors … Continue reading
Posted in Nuclear
Tagged Fukushima Daiichi, Japan nuclear reactor, Kansai Electric Power Company, Noda
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Despite ever-rising carbon dioxide emissions, sinking solar stocks, and perceived falls in government support for renewables, the low-carbon investment theme is “alive and well”, according to analysts at Citi. In a note accompanying an update of its ‘Climate Change Universe’, … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Energy, Climate Change
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Take one world already being exhausted by 7 billion people. Find the ingredients to feed another 2 billion people. Add demand for more food, more animal feed and more fuel. Use only the same amount of water the planet has … Continue reading
When we talk about natural resource constraints on business — such as shortages in water or increases in the cost of energy or agricultural products — we tend to forget how deeply intertwined these commodities are. In the business community, … Continue reading
Posted in Agriculture, Energy Efficiency, Natural Resources, Water
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