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MFG of South Dakota: Trying To Do Some Good in the World

N2Growth Blog

At that time, the company cited changes in market conditions and proposed revisions to tax policies impacting the wind energy industry in the United States as the reasons to shutter its South Dakota operation. The company was to close by February 15, 2018. That said, sustainable energy is good for all of us as citizens of the world.

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The Environmental And Economic Costs Of Curbside Recycling

The Horizons Tracker

Recycling offers a comparable or even superior return on investment to strategies like transitioning to electric vehicles or purchasing green power, which utilizes renewable energy sources. In 2011, during the most lucrative period for recycling markets, the annual cost per household in the United States was as low as $3.

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Oil’s Boom-and-Bust Cycle May Be Over. Here’s Why

Harvard Business Review

In November, United States’ crude oil production exceeded 10 million barrels per day for the first time since 1970, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). could become the world’s largest oil producer in 2018, surpassing Saudi Arabia and Russia. Analysts have predicted that U.S. The soaring U.S.

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Outsider CEOs Are on the Rise at the World’s Biggest Companies

Harvard Business Review

” With Iger’s contract ending in 2018, the company said its board “will broaden the scope of its succession planning process to identify and evaluate a robust slate of candidates for consideration.” Other industries with relatively high rates of outsider CEO hires include health care, utilities, and energy.

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What’s Wrong with the FAA’s New Drone Rules

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the FAA had originally promised the rules by 2011, but it proceeded to miss every deadline it set for itself , as well as those established by Congress. According to the Consumer Electronics Association , drone shipments will increase from 250,000 units in 2014 to nearly a million by 2018. Which is pretty much all of them.

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The Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2010

Harvard Business Review

Panasonic said it wanted its GHG emissions to peak by 2018 and it would greatly increase sales of eco-products. The Nissan LEAF was just named 2011 European Car of the Year , and GE announced it would buy 25,000 electric cars. Looking Forward to 2011. Energy innovation will be the order of the day (e.g.,

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Using Big Data to Make Wiser Medical Decisions

Harvard Business Review

I have a Withings BP cuff linked to my iPhone 6 via Bluetooth Low Energy. Our IT leaders also served on Obama Administration committees that wrote requirements for patient-generated health data into 2018 federal health care IT regulations, thereby ensuring the concept’s longevity. To find out, we needed data. Precision medicine.