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This Week in Logistics News (March 20 – 26)

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It then calculates the carbon footprint based on the store’s location and by checking the type, weight, and origin of a food against a database maintained by Eaternity, a life cycle assessment company based in Switzerland. Starbucks also said it would cut water usage for green coffee 50 percent by 2030.

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[INFOGRAPHIC] Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act & F.A.S.T and US Infrastructure Facts

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According to the bill sponsors, the new streamlining legislation "seeks to create a smarter, more transparent, better-managed process for government review and approval of major capital projects.". Centered on traditional infrastructure (water treatment, distribution, and sewage systems). Smart Grid (40/92 billion).