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Falling gas prices don't always influence car buyers' choices, studies hint
2015-02-28 08:23:11| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
When gas prices go down, sales of electric vehicles go down too, right? And by the same token, you'd think that lower gasoline prices must mean increased sales of gas guzzlers and decreased sales of electric vehicles and hybrids. But that's not the case, new studies show: Electric-vehicle sales, and sales of high-gas-mileage cars, continue to hold steady, while the current increase in sales of light trucks began before gas prices started to fall.
Caribbean coral findings may influence Barrier Reef studies
2015-02-19 13:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Corals may be better equipped to tolerate climate change than previously believed, according to research led by Dr Emma Kennedy from Griffith University (Queensland, Australia). Working with scientists from the University of Exeter in the UK, Dr Kennedy says the findings - published in the journal Coral Reefs — relate to an extensive study of Caribbean corals, but could influence future analysis of Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Using a high-resol…
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BMJ Investigation Claims To Blow The Lid Off Sugar Industry\'s Attempts To Influence Health Policy
2015-02-16 09:03:07| Sugar Industry News
An investigative report from the BMJ reportedly found extensive links between the sugar industry and public health scientists. British freelance investigative journalist Jonathan Gornall, formerly of the Times and previously named Freelance Journalist of the Year by the Medical Journalists Association, claims in his series of reports published in the BMJ that the sugar industry could be influencing health policy.
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How the Keystone XL Pipeline Decision Will Influence U.N. Climate Change Talks in Paris
2015-02-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Times: Monday is the deadline for eight federal departments, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to complete reviews of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. The critical milestone could put the Obama administration on track to issue its final verdict on the Canada-to-Texas conduit as early as this month, observers say. President Barack Obamas decision will have broad political impact outside the U.S. and Canada and could bolster -- or undermine -- the United States ability to influence global...
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San Bruno disaster: PG&E wields 'pervasive' influence at PUC, now described as a 'rogue agency'
2015-02-01 08:10:07| Energy - Topix.net
What's being described as the "pervasive" influence of PG&E with the state Public Utilities Commission extended well beyond disgraced former PUC President Michael Peevey and included other commissioners and top PUC staffers. That's the conclusion of Bay Area political leaders, state legislators and a former PUC official who have reviewed a sampling of the 65,000 emails released by PG&E late Friday.
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