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MENDOZA, Argentina, Sept. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Climate change remains an issue at the forefront of environmental conversations. Nearly everywhere you turn, someone is discussing the issue, its contributing factors and ways to slow its effects. Alamos wines and Protect Our Winters (POW) have joined forces to raise awareness about the impact of climate change on mountain communities worldwide.
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Welcome to wine country -- really.
Washington is home to 600 wineries and 11 American Viticulture Areas, or AVAs, which are federally designated regions with distinct soil and climate features that affect the properties of the grapes grown there.
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COULD this be a golden opportunity for America's cities? Is it time to see them not as dragging anchors, but as key national assets, the defining centers of regions, essential for climate change progress, new technologies, creative arts and vibrant, livable communities? Detroit, hit by horrible losses in population and property, would seem the toughest big U.S. city to make such a case. But CEOs for Cities, a national group that has celebrated urban renaissance since its 2001 founding, selected Detroit for its annual meeting.
Detroit's popular, business-oriented mayor, former Pistons star David Bing, appeared to stress the city's new commitment to honest, professional leadership. Heads of Detroit foundations, making massive investments in comeback agendas for the city, underscored their...
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Understanding how humans living in Arctic regions 4,000 to 6,000 years ago reacted to climate changes could help contemporary societies better deal wi...
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Brian Lin, University of British Columbia Public Affairs, +1-604-822-2234, brian.lin@ubc.ca, or Jo Knight, Pew Environment Group, +1-202-552-2070, jknight@pewtrusts.org
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According to the company's Web site, the building is 82 percent leased. The Pinnacle will be connected to Courthouse Racquet & Fitness Facility, located in the Shops and Parking at Jackson Place, as well as to One Jackson Place, The Marriott, and the Regions Bank Building via a climate controlled enclosed walkway, allowing tenants to move from space to space without leaving the comfort of indoors.
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[...] the Board and staff will be creating a plan for the 2011-2015 economic development campaign to ensure that the RCGA remains fiscally sound, competitive with other regions, and a continued good steward of investor support. 2.\n Louis Climate Prosperity Project focuses on growing a green workforce of environmental services jobs, encouraging companies to capitalize on "green savings" by moving to sustainable business practices and generating "green opportunities" by creating sustainable industries. Metrics by which St. Louis will be measured are reducing greenhouse emissions (gross annual and per capita); promoting green savings such as reducing miles driven and total energy consumption annually and per capita; increasing green economic opportunities such as more venture capital for...