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...both companies are alert to historic opportunity--otherwise known as China. The Chinese have awakened to the ongoing train wreck between highly polluted rivers and aquifers and booming cities. "Every year, there are 20 million new urban Chinese," says Frérot. "The authorities have decided to commit as quickly as possible to improving their water and wastewater infrastructures." Veolia has 19 joint ventures in China, and Frérot says the company's short-term prospects there "look better than they do in the U.S." Suez has 21 ventures there after signing a deal to distribute water in Chongqing, China...
...best defense--besides giving as complete a history as you can--is to be alert and ready to ask questions anytime a doctor says, "There's a lot of this going around...
...tough resolution." And the best thing about it, he says, is the steps it takes against the Revolutionary Guard. Stopping short of the travel ban preferred by the U.S., the draft calls on nations to "exercise vigilance and restraint" in allowing certain Iranians across their borders, and to alert a special committee of Security Council when they do so. An annex to the resolution specifically designates seven top officers of the IRGC to be treated in this way. It also singles out three IRGC-run aeronautics companies, on the basis of their role in Iran's "asymmetric warfare doctrine...
...founded the Worldwatch Institute, the first research institute devoted to the analysis of global environmental issues. He then launched the Worldwatch Papers, the annual State of the World reports, World Watch magazine, a second annual publication called Vital Signs: The Trends That Are Shaping Our Future, and the Environmental Alert book series. In 2001, he founded the Earth Policy Institute to promote environmental sustainability...
...wants to go from Bethlehem to Jerusalem can make the journey by car in 15 minutes. I must go on foot and, depending on the mood of the young Israeli soldiers at the checkpoint, the trip can take an hour, two, three. Or sometimes, if there's a security alert, they simply close down the checkpoint to all Palestinians. Peace Be With...