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Yelp Meets Instagram: How #blockchain Will Revolutionize the #food Tech Ecosystem
▻https://hackernoon.com/yelp-meets-instagram-how-blockchain-will-revolutionize-the-food-tech-eco

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Photo via Sabrina Eberhard PhotographyTechnology has turned the restaurant industry into a zero-sum game. The food & beverage industry operates on razor-thin margins, where delivery apps such as DoorDash and GrubHub take a 20% service fee on each order, leaving little profit left for restaurant owners. On top of that, there exists every other foodie app hustling to sell advertising space online.Food is at the base of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Required for energy production in multi-cellular organisms, humans cannot exist without it. Blockchain micropayments will revolutionize the food review industry because it will satisfy every level of Maslow’s hierarchy.Existing food review mechanisms sufficiently satisfy the bottom three layers of the pyramid. They help consumers identify (...)

#technology

Evident #proof and Swytch Partner To Capture Energy Production Data on the #blockchain
▻https://hackernoon.com/evident-proof-and-swytch-partner-to-capture-energy-production-data-on-th

‘Immutable Proof’ service and sustainable energy blockchain will use IoT devices, data aggregators and Open Oracles to drive renewable energy useEvident Proof has partnered with Swytch — the blockchain platform for sustainable and renewable energy — to create a proprietary blockchain that will be used to capture energy production from generation equipment.The blockchain will be connected to IoT devices and data aggregators, so that data can be fed into an Open Oracle to calculate token allocation and convert data into tokens.“The Evident Proof service can be used across markets to turn data into immutable proof and, through this partnership with Swytch, we will demonstrate how capturing energy production data can help drive sustainable and renewable energy use. This is another example of how (...)

#renewable-energy #blockchain-partnership #sustainable-energy

World War 3 tensions: Saudi Arabia threatens Iran with uranium nuclear programme | World | News | Express.co.uk
▻https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/895636/world-war-3-iran-saudi-arabia-usa-uranium-nuclear-war

World leaders have allowed Iran to develop a civilian nuclear program, and there is no good reason Saudi Arabia should not be able to do this too, a senior royal has said.

The country will enter talks with the United States for a nuclear cooperation pact in a matter of weeks.

US companies can usually only send nuclear technology to another country if there is an agreement with that state to rule out domestic uranium enrichment and the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel.

The agreements are put into place to ensure the second country is not developing nuclear technology for use in warfare.

However Iran is still allowed to enrich domestic uranium, despite fears it could be used for military purposes, and even though economic sanctions were lifted on Iran in its 2015 nuclear deal.

And former Saudi intelligence chief, Prince Turki al-Faisal, said the ban should not be the case for his country either as it would put a halt to plans for the country to become self-sufficient in energy production.

Its plans to become self-sufficient include plans to build 17.6 GW of nuclear capacity by 2032 - the equivalent of about 16 reactors.

Prince Turki who no longer holds office in Saudi Arabia but remains politically influential, said: “It’s a sovereign issue. If you look at the agreement between the P5 + 1 with Iran, specifically it allows Iran to enrich.

“The world community that supports the nuclear deal between the P5+1 and Iran, told Iran ‘you can enrich’ - although the global non-proliferation treaty tells us all we can enrich.

“So the kingdom from that point of view will have the same right as the other members of the NPT, including Iran.”

U.S. to Roll Back Safety Rules Created After Deepwater Horizon Spill - The New York Times
►https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/us/trump-offshore-drilling.html

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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is poised to roll back offshore drilling safety regulations that were put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the worst oil spill in American history.

A proposal by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which was established after the spill and regulates offshore oil and gas drilling, calls for reversing the Obama-era regulations as part of President Trump’s efforts to ease restrictions on fossil fuel companies and generate more domestic energy production.

Doing so, the agency asserted, will reduce “unnecessary burdens” on the energy industry and save the industry $228 million over 10 years.

Il faudra boire la coupe jusqu’à la lie.

Environmental groups warned that reversing the safety measures would make the United States vulnerable to another such disaster.

“Rolling back drilling safety standards while expanding offshore leasing is a recipe for disaster,” Miyoko Sakashita, director of the oceans program at the Center for Biological Diversity, said in a statement. “By tossing aside the lessons from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Trump is putting our coasts and wildlife at risk of more deadly oil spills. Reversing offshore safety rules isn’t just deregulation, it’s willful ignorance.”

#Forage #Pétrole #Régulation #Environnement

U.S. to Roll Back Safety Rules Created After #Deepwater_Horizon Spill - The New York Times
►https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/28/us/trump-offshore-drilling.html

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The Trump administration is poised to roll back offshore drilling safety regulations that were put in place after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the worst oil spill in American history.

A proposal by the Interior Department’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, which was established after the spill and regulates offshore oil and gas drilling, calls for reversing the Obama-era regulations as part of President Trump’s efforts to ease restrictions on fossil fuel companies and generate more domestic energy production.

Doing so, the agency asserted, will reduce “unnecessary burdens” on the energy industry and save the industry $228 million over 10 years.

“This proposed rule would fortify the Administration’s objective of facilitating energy dominance” by encouraging increased domestic oil and gas production, even as it strengthens safety and environmental protection, the proposal says.

In April Mr. Trump signed an executive order directing the Interior Department to “reconsider” several oil rig safety regulations. Ryan Zinke, the interior secretary, at the time did not specify which specific equipment regulations would be reviewed, saying only the review would apply “from bow to stern.”

C’est vrai quoi #l'environnement_ça_commence_à_bien_faire …

Why it’s time to dispel the myths about nuclear power | Science | The Guardian
▻https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2016/apr/11/time-dispel-myths-about-nuclear-power-chernobyl-fukushima

scare-stories about Chernobyl and Fukushima are too often employed as an empty rebuttal by those unwilling to countenance the situation we face.

Nuclear energy is complicated, has drawbacks, and like any form of energy production it has risks. But it is also clean, safe and hugely efficient.

OK OK donc Fukushima c’est rien qu’une histoire à faire peur, et Tchernobyl c’était rien — mais pourquoi ranger cet article dans #science et pas dans #propagande #nucléaire ?

The Law of Diminishing Returns
▻http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/the-law-of-diminishing-returns

Richard Heinberg explores how — in our economy, the environment, and energy production — we may well be hitting the point of diminishing returns. When previous societies have hit similar limits...

Greenpeace: Turkish gov’t destroying forests to promote construction

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Turkey’s forests are being destroyed for construction in defiance of Turkish environmental law, while the authorities attempt to justify these projects with pronouncements that the construction is “for the public benefit,” “to the country’s advantage” and “necessary,” according to a press release issued by Greenpeace Mediterranean on Thursday to mark March 21, World Forestry Day.

Deniz Bayram, legal representative of Greenpeace Mediterranean, stated in the press release that Turkey had used inadequate legal justifications to sacrifice areas of forest for the sake of mega projects and investment in energy production. “The term ’public benefit’ is vague, and it is usually interpreted as solely the economic and industrial development of our country,” Bayram said. “But this [interpretation] causes a rapid destruction of our forests. The ’public interest’ is not only economic development. The right to live in a healthy environment is also legitimate,” he added.

#environnement
#infrastructure
#energie

Amazon forest loss threatens five states | Climate News Network

▻http://www.climatenewsnetwork.net/2013/12/amazon-forest-loss-threatens-five-states

By Paul Brown

Water, food supplies and energy production are all in jeopardy as the Amazon forest is felled for profit, campaigners say – and the damage is spreading beyond Amazonia itself.

LONDON, 29 December – The continued destruction of the Amazon to exploit its resources for mining, agriculture and hydro-power is threatening the future of the South American continent, according to a report by campaigning groups using the latest scientific data.

#forêts #amazonie #déforestation

Awash in oil, U.S. reshapes Middle East role | Business , Middle East | THE DAILY STAR
▻http://dailystar.com.lb/Business/Middle-East/2013/Oct-19/235029-awash-in-oil-us-reshapes-middle-east-role.ashx#axzz2i6SJAMzm
Un long article passant en revue les enjeux de la politique US au Moyen-Orient dans un contexte d’une moindre dépendance pétrolière :
– désengagement après des opérations catastrophiques en Afganistan et en Irak
– permanence de l’enjeu de la sécurité de l’allié israélien
– désaccord avec l’Arabie Saoudite sur la Syrie
– concurrence avec la Chine pour le leadership dans la sécurité régionale

Forty years after an Arab oil embargo throttled the U.S. economy, surging North American energy production has brought the United States closer to a long-dreamed “energy independence” that is reshaping its goals and role in the Middle East.
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“Reduced energy imports do not mean the United States can or should disengage from the Middle East or the world,” then-White House National Security Adviser Tom Donilon said in a speech in April.

“We have a set of enduring national security interests” in the region, Donilon said, citing Israel’s security, the fight against terrorism and “our historic stabilizing role in protecting regional allies and partners.”
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The coming years could see an awkward – or even tense – geopolitical duet between the United States and China in the Middle East, testing Americans’ willingness to share responsibility – and influence.

A Global Energy Shift

►http://www.globalpolicy.org/component/content/article/198-natural-resources/52101-a-global-energy-shift.html

By James Parker
The Diplomat
November 28, 2012

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published the World Energy Outlook report in which a large shift in global energy production through 2030 is predicted. North America will undergo a “supply boom”, leading to lower global energy prices, following the extraction of shale gas and unconventional oil. However, these extraction processes, including oil from tar sands, raise environmental concerns. Simultaneously, in China, Japan and India the demand for natural resources will soar. This monumental shift in the world’s energy supply and demand could increase tensions in the Asia-Pacific and in the Middle East as the world’s largest economies are shifting their geopolitical focus according to their energy needs.

The new look of NIMBYism — The Daily Climate
►http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2012/01/green-nimbyism

In Vermont, residents and environmentalists joined forces to protest the erection of 21 wind turbines in the state’s sparsely populated northeast corner, on one of the largest pieces of privately held land in the state.
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Even proponents acknowledge that some renewable projects could have a negative impact on air and water quality – and endangered or threatened species. Solar thermal installations, for example, can require significant quantities of water. And both wind and solar power require the construction of a transmission network to carry the juice to existing electrical grids.

“Do we say, ’Screw the environment for the sake of renewables’ or do we say, ’Screw renewables for the sake of the environment’?” asked Greene.
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Researchers say that, while public opinion polls show strong support for renewables as an antidote to energy production that contributes to climate change, the support wanes if the proposed project is nearby.

#climat #environnement #opposition #nimby

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