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Is sustainability a dangerous myth fuelling over consumption?

2013-10-28 08:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Tuesday 20 August 2013 was Earth Overshoot Day, the day every year when humanity exceeds the yearly ecological limits of the planet, and starts to consume and pollute more than the Earth can endure. Back in 1972, The Limits to Growth had warned that we would soon exceed the 'carrying capacity' of the planet, and by the mid-1980s the authors were proved right. Since that time, industrial civilization has been bankrupting future generations not just financially, but by stealing an unfair proportion...

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Over 90 Percent in Europes Cities Breath Dangerous Air

2013-10-19 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: More than 90 percent of people living in European cities breathe air that the UN's World Health Organization (WHO) says leads to respiratory problems, heart disease, and shortened lives, according to a study published on Tuesday. But because EU legal limits or targets for some pollutants still lag well behind UN recommendations, most countries have been able to downplay the hazards of dirty air despite evidence that it leads to 430,000 shortened lives in Europe every year and costs governments...

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Scientists discover new super toxin so dangerous, theyre keeping it secret

2013-10-16 16:32:22| Extremetech

There was a huge controversy last year surrounding publication of a paper about the bird flu virus. The paper basically described how bird flu can be made more virulent. The same drama is now being played out once again, only this time it involves a particularly nasty variety of the botulinum bacteria -- the same class of bacteria used in Botox injections.

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VIDEO: Dark Pools: Useful or dangerous?

2013-10-15 03:23:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Private trading platforms called dark pools are attracting the attention of regulators. We hear from the boss of one of the world's largest dark pool firms.

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