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Turf war rages for South Africa's platinum unions
2016-07-20 12:48:15| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A growing turf war between the two main unions in South Africa's platinum belt creates more unrest amid talks between producers and miners.
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Please dont explain: Hanson 2.0 and the war on experts
2016-07-06 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
The Conversation: Along with Aquas Barbie Girl, Pauline Hanson has long stood as a grim reminder that the second half of the 1990s was much worse than the first half. And now, 18 years later, Hanson finds herself back in Canberra. Hansons racist agenda will be a stain on the Senate just as surely as the views she represents are a stain on Australia itself. For that reason alone, her return is a cause for dismay. But it is not the only cause. Both Hanson herself and her wider party have a vocal sideline in...
Clear and present danger: Rapidly warming Arctic threatens Cold War radar sites
2016-07-05 22:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Alaska Public Media: A group of strategic Air Force radar facilities along the North Slope are at an accelerated risk of degradation. Erosion driven by climate change is happening decades sooner than the military predicted, and the plan now is to spend tens of millions of dollars to fortify in place. The 15 sites within the Long Range Radar program are designed to spot foreign aircraft heading into U.S. airspace or civilian planes that have gone off course. It is an expensive state of preparedness to maintain, with...
Did enlightened US and Soviet scientists help avert nuclear war?
2016-06-30 13:30:31| Extremetech
A new book argues that US and Russian scientists collaborated on nuclear safety and research initiatives, helping to keep the Cold War from going nuclear.
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Coal isn't dying because there's a war on it
2016-06-18 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: I never cease to be amazed how people with an agenda massage facts, or omit them, in order to support their cause. It comes up in the investing world, where these agendas often lead to money-losing decisions. Being able to detect this sort of nonsense is good over the long run for your investment portfolio. I was reminded of this recently when I read a report from the American Action Forum. The report says that just five year ago the market value of the four biggest coal companies was more...
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