Posts Tagged ‘industry’

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Mon 1/4/10   by Greg Fowler   in Events   0

Student-2-Business Networking Conference

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Mon 1/4/10   by Greg Fowler   in Events   0

L.O.A.F. Conference

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Thu 3/6/08   by Greg Fowler   in Uncategorized   0

Another Kick at the Foam

                    

In my last post about polystyrene I told you about the closure of the Mississauga recycling facility. 01
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Mon 3/3/08   by Greg Fowler   in Lifestyle   0

Seize the Moment Before it Disappears

Here’s a post that I found at Theater Of Cruelty and admired so much that I just had to ask for permission to repost it here:
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Fri 1/4/08   by Greg Fowler   in Lifestyle   0

Tasty Bug Pellets – a Plastics Solution?

                    

Landfills continuously receive millions of tons of plastic that can take hundreds of years to break down. But increasing public awareness and criticism about the impact that we’re having upon our planet, seems to be influencing some positive corporate response.
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Fri 12/21/07   by Greg Fowler   in Lifestyle   0

The King of Trans-Fat?

Sally Brown (CEO; Heart and Stroke Foundation) labelled Burger King the “King of Trans Fat” earlier today because many of the company’s products still contain unacceptably high levels of trans fats.
Fast-food companies often simply use the chemically changed oils (liquid to artery-clogging semi-solid) in their products because it extends shelf life, and that means increased profit.
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Wed 12/19/07   by Greg Fowler   in Uncategorized   0

Reducing CO2 Emissions

                    

“Coal is, and will continue to be, a major source of the world’s energy and emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2)” (report: “Preparing to Capture Carbon”; Science Friday journal).  1
‘Clean’ Coal Technology
An industry group, known as FutureGen Alliance, has committed $400 million to a futuristic power plant project over 10 years.  2
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Sun 12/16/07   by Greg Fowler   in Politics   0

Food Additive Safety

Today’s Daily Telegraph warns that “HUNDREDS of popular Australian children’s snack foods and sweets are laced with suspect additives which international researchers have linked to adverse behavioural reactions…such as allergies, asthma, hyperactivity and rashes.”
According to Health Canada, “Generally speaking, a food additive is any chemical substance added to a food during manufacturing or processing that becomes a part of the food or affects … Continue Reading

Thu 12/6/07   by Greg Fowler   in Politics   0

Regulating Gift Cards

                    

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Thu 11/15/07   by Greg Fowler   in Lifestyle   0

How Red Is Your Meat?

When you shop for meat, what influences your purchase decision?
If you’re like most people, you’ll pass up the brownish-tinged steak for the one beside it that’s noticeably red. So, in an effort to cut it’s losses, the meat industry is reported to be adopting the practise of fixing the meat’s pigment by treating it with carbon monoxide. And when this … Continue Reading



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