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A smarter vision of the Basque airport system
With the role of the Foronda Airport in Gasteiz revolving around, these days the news appears in the local press that the unused Vitoria airport terminal will open during the daytime to meet the needs of the flying club and private aviation (until now the airport is only used at night as freight loading and…
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Masdar City, a city based on sustainability and eco-development
In 2030, it is expected that 60% of the world population (5 billion people) will live in cities. If not resolved, urbanization will bring with it greater congestion, pollution and enormous competition for strong>precious resources. To avoid these consequences as far as possible, cities must adapt and become real examples of sustainable living. In 2008,…
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Ideas to create Cities of the Future
As the world population grows, the urban population also grows, so much so that it is expected that by 2050 it will reach 70% of the world population. Cities continue to attract millions of people around the world annually. Therefore, by bringing together more and more population, it is necessary to create the cities of…
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Fracking, energy at any price?
Yesterday we heard the news that the Popular Party of the Basque Country, surprisingly, joined EH Bildu and PSE-EE to approve in committee a legislative proposal that vetoes the practice of extracting hydrocarbons using the hydraulic fracturing technique, better known as fracking,in the Basque Country. Surprise flooded Parliament. After forming a bloc in support of…
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Organic, cooperative and viable agriculture
Greenham Reach, is an innovative project of three affordable small mixed farms, located in Devon. It is the first dedicated organic land management cooperative in the UK. Each of the three houses that make up this place are trying to show that it is possible to live thanks to agriculture, with land below 12 acres…
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Renewed industry support policy. Less subsidy and more investment
“Picking winners” is the Anglo-Saxon nomenclature to refer to an active industrial policy that chooses companies that it supports significantly and discriminatingly so that their development serves as a spearhead for the economy as a whole. This type of industrial policy is openly and widely criticized by liberal economists who believe that the market allocates…
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Social responsibility and business ethics
The 100 largest companies in the world invested 12,200 million dollars (more than 8,500 million euros) in social programs during 2013 according to a study by the consulting firm KPMG. That is, they allocated close to 2.5% of their pre-tax profits to corporate social responsibility programs. Most companies direct their social programs to provide access…
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Pharmaceuticals, profit at all costs?
Pfizer and other big pharmaceutical corporations are fueling the boom in drug-resistant superbugs that could kill millions of people. These antibiotic-resistant bacteria have become one of the biggest health threats we face today. That is the conclusion revealed by the new SumOfUs report< /a>, after months of analyzing the shadowy supply chain of pharmaceutical powerhouses….
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Ttip, what are we playing?
Since the first draft of the agreement or transatlantic partnership for trade and investment between the US and the EU (better known by its acronym, TTIP, and its English name, Transatlantic Trade and Investment) was leaked in March 2014 Partnership) contradictory information, half-truths and misinformation are rampant. All the alarms seem to have gone off….