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Half the world has 3G coverage
2013-10-07 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news
Austria is the world's most affordable market for mobile broadband, according to new ITU report.
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Classmates told to unwrap God-given gifts and tend the world
2013-10-06 12:04:53| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
28 at Norbert College in De Pere for our 55th reunion. Sadly, some of my closest friends had gone on to their eternal reward since our last reunion five years ago.
The end of the world is nigh, says Bob Geldof
2013-10-06 09:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: We could have less than 17 years to live - thanks to climate change, Bob Geldof has warned. The 61-year-old Live Aid founder told young people at a conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, that there will be 'a mass extinction event` and admitted his generation had let down today`s youth. Speaking to delegates from 189 countries, the former Boomtown Rats singer said 'we may not get to 2030' and warned: 'The next war will not be a World War One or a World War Two - it will be the end.` Warning:...
The hard math of flood insurance in a warming world
2013-10-05 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Time: Thousands of homeowners in flood-prone parts of the country are going to be in for a rude awakening. On Oct. 1, new changes to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), which offers government-subsidized policies for households and businesses threatened by floods, mean that businesses in flood zones and homes that have been severely or repeatedly flooded will start going up 25% a year until rates reach levels that would reflect the actual risk from flooding. (Higher rates for second or vacation...
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IMF Experts and Others Envision a World without Energy Subsidies
2013-10-04 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: The world continues to see the costs of fossil fuel use in the form of climate change impacts like heat waves, floods, and extreme weather. While these costs are often overlooked in traditional economic modeling, a new book from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) quantifies them. The IMF found that energy subsidies paired with the negative impacts of fossil fuel consumption total $2 trillion annually. These subsidies are not only hurting the environment. According to IMF experts, theyre...
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