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Cites conference: Canada and US at odds over trade in polar bears
2013-02-27 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The United States and Canada are on a collision course at the Cites conference over proposals that would outlaw much of the hunting of polar bears. The US has tabled a move to ban all trade in polar bear products, which in essence means skins about 400 of which are sold every year after the animals have been shot by the native Inuit population of the mostly Canadian High Arctic. But the proposal is being fiercely opposed by the Canadian government, which argues that the ban will put the livelihoods...
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Growth and sustainability: are they really at odds with each other?
2013-02-22 03:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A few years ago when I asked a senior manager of a well known British firm whether sustainability was on the agenda, he replied: "Of course, sustainability of our product portfolio and growth is of major concern to us." Ah. Not the kind of sustainability I had in mind! The desire to maintain growth and profitability are at the forefront of most managers minds and always have been. Sustainability, in the sense that we need to find a way to manage our planet's resources for generations to come seems...
Obama's Public-Works Funding Proposal Faces Long Odds in Congress
2013-02-20 16:47:52| ENR.com: Headline News
Congress didnt embrace earlier versions of presidents revived $50-billion infrastructure plan.
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Odds of dying from an asteroid strike: 1 in 74,817,414
2013-02-15 23:05:13| CNET News.com
Scientists estimate there are around 500,000 near-Earth asteroids the size of 2012 DA14, and less than 1 percent have been discovered. [Read more]
Celebrity Odds & Ends [Daily Record, The (Wooster, OH)]
2013-02-10 04:38:38| Paper - Topix.net
A judge has declined to reconsider his ruling dismissing charges filed under California's anti-paparazzi law, triggering a full appeal before a panel of judges who have indicated that they believe the law is constitutional.
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