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Company issues 2012 Corporate Sustainability Report; renews commitment to responsible growth, protecting environment, strengthening communities BETHESDA, Md., April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) continues to meet and exceed established sustainability goals as outlined in its 2012 Corporate Sustainability Report, released yesterday. "We are committed to creating sustainable value for all of our stakeholders," said Chief Executive Officer and President Marillyn...
New infographic illustrates the key issues involved in the counterfeiting of electronic components around the world. Austin, TX (PRWEB) April 25, 2013 Venkel Ltd. has released “Counterfeit Electronic Components - A Global Epidemic,” a counterfeit components infographic designed as an educational resource on the issue. Counterfeit components continue to be a growing concern as increased numbers of substandard quality components enter the manufacturing process, resulting in increased...
Regional Events to Spur Public Interest in Regional Air Quality in Time for 2013 Ozone Season WASHINGTON, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- With National Air Quality Awareness Week and the start of ozone season approaching, Clean Air Partners, a regional air quality organization chartered by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Baltimore Metropolitan Council, announced today the winners of its first annual Air Quality Infographics Challenge and upcoming events...
VADUZ, Liechtenstein, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- http://www.worldreview.info Russia fears the destabilising spread of radical Islam along its southern borders once Nato troops pull out of Afghanistan in 2014 . 'The Kremlin fears a possible return to the situation of the 1990s, when militant groups extended their activities from Afghanistan into central Asia, seriously devastating both Tajikistan and Uzbekistan," writes World Review expert Professor Stefan Hedlund. Russia, which...
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online According the American Lung Association’s newly released State of the Air 2013 report, many people across the US are breathing higher quality air than in previous years. However, the number of people living in counties with an unhealthy level of air pollution has increased, the report said. "The long-term trend is positive and headed to much cleaner air," report author Janice Nolen, assistant vice president of national policy and...
Renewed Enterprise License Agreement Delivers Location Analytics and Promotes Collaboration REDLANDS, Calif., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortune 500 company AECOM renewed its enterprise license agreement with Esri, the world's leading provider of geospatial technology. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110425/LA88950LOGO) AECOM provides professional technical and management support services public and private clients in more than 140 countries around the world....
PROMOTING A GREENER, CARBON-FREE BUSINESS IS NOW EASIER THAN EVER TORONTO, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- JustGreen, is pleased to announce the launch of JustGreen Business Advantage, a new green energy initiative designed to help businesses go carbon neutral and help slow global warming and climate change by pursuing renewable and sustainable energy solutions that support green energy projects across North America. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130424/CL01017LOGO )...
American Geophysical Union When scientists torched an entire 22-acre watershed in Portugal in a recent experiment, their research yielded a counterintuitive result: Large, hot fires do not necessarily beget hot, scorched soil. It’s well known that wildfires can leave surface soil burned and barren, which increases the risk of erosion and hinders a landscape’s ability to recover. But the scientists’ fiery test found that the hotter the fire—and the denser the vegetation feeding...
Toolkit helps hospital leaders customize the GRI reporting framework for their organization BOSTON, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- CleanMed 2013 -- VHA Inc., the national health care network, introduced its new toolkit to help hospitals better report their sustainability efforts, at CleanMed 2013, the premier conference on environmental sustainability for the health care sector. VHA's Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) toolkit is based on GRI's voluntary sustainability reporting...
14th annual State of the Air 2013 report shows tremendous progress; challenges LOS ANGELES, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- This morning, the American Lung Association released State of the Air 2013, an annual report on air quality which lists both the cleanest and most polluted areas in the country. This year's report shows significant progress in efforts to reduce ozone and particulate pollution, with air quality in many areas of California at its cleanest since the Lung...
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Desert greening is made up of any number of methods used to revitalize deserts. So far, only arid and semi-arid desert are meant when using this expression. The icy deserts and other types are considered to be unsuitable. The different methods include landscaping methods to reduce evaporation, erosion, consolidation of topsoil, temperature, sandstorms and more, permaculture in general, planting trees, regeneration of salty, polluted, or degenerated soils, floodwater retention and...
Mudflats, or otherwise known as tidal flats, are coastal wetlands that form when mud is left behind by tides or rivers. They’re found in sheltered regions such as bayous, lagoons, estuaries, and bays. Mudflats might be seen geologically as exposed layers of bay mud, a result from the deposition of estuarine silts, marine animal detritus, and clays. The majority of the sediment in a mudflat is within the intertidal zone, therefore the flat is submerged and exposed about twice per day. In...
A wetland is an area of land that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, such that it takes on the traits of a distinct ecosystem. First and foremost, the factor that distinguishes the wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the unique vegetation that has adapted to its characteristic soil conditions. The wetland consists mostly of hydric soil, which is supportive of aquatic plants. The water that is found in wetlands can be saltwater, brackish, or freshwater....
The Arctic Ocean which is located in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Arctic north polar region, is the shallowest and smallest of the world’s five major oceanic divisions. The International Hydrographic Organization recognizes it as an ocean, although, some oceanographers consider it as the Arctic Mediterranean Sea or simply, the Arctic Sea, classifying it a Mediterranean sea or an estuary of the Atlantic Ocean. Alternatively, the Arctic Ocean can be considered as the northernmost...
Baffin Bay, which is located between Baffin Island and the southwest coast of Greenland, is a marginal sea of the North Atlantic Ocean. It’s connected to the Atlantic by Davis Strait and the Labrador Sea. A narrower Nares Strait connects the Baffin Bay with the Arctic Ocean. The Baffin Bay is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is bordered by Baffin Island towards the west, Greenland towards the east, and Ellesmere Island towards the north. It is connected to the Atlantic through the Davis...
