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Environment Management Newsletter August 15, 2013 |
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Canada`s food system needs environmental overhaul
The environmental impact of Canada`s food system needs closer scrutiny, according to a new Conference Board of Canada report.In addition, governments at all levels in Canada need to play a lead role in managing environmental risks in the food sector through the use of hard and soft measures. Both are essential to ensure the environmental sustainability of the food system, says the report released by the Centre for Food in Canada.Hard measures include laws and regulations that mandate minimum environmental standards, backed up by compliance monitoring and enforcement. Soft measures include technical ... | ||
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White House Council of Economic Advisers and Energy Department Release New Report on Resiliency of Electric Grid During Natural Disasters
The White House Council of Economic Advisers and the U.S. Department of Energy today released a new report that assesses how to best protect the nation’s electric grid from power outages that occur during natural disasters. This week marks the tenth anniversary of one of the worst power outages in the United States, during which tens of millions of Americans were affected across parts of Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey. The Economic Benefits of Increasing Electric Grid Resilience to Weather Outages report finds that grid resilience ... | ||
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