Temple may extend contract with landfill
City officials are renegotiating an agreement with the operator of the Temple landfill to extend the site’s life, increase revenues and potentially start a curbside recycling program.
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How Many People Can Earth Hold? Well…
“It took until about 1800 or 1825 to put the first billion people on the planet. We added the most recent billion in 12 or 13 years. We anticipate two billion more by 2050.” That’s Joel Cohen , head of the Laboratory of Populations at Rockefeller University in New York. He spoke February 20th at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Washington, D.C. So …
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Investing in greener economy could spur growth: U.N.
By Helen Nyambura-Mwaura NAIROBI (Reuters) – Channeling 2 percent, or .3 trillion, of global gross domestic product into greening sectors such as construction, energy and fishing could start a move toward a low-carbon world, a report launched on Monday said. [More]
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