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Airbnb logo faces Twitter backlash
2014-07-17 15:19:19| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Airbnb's new logo has been criticised and mocked by social media users, although others have praised the rebrand.
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South Australia faces water crisis by end century due climate change
2014-07-13 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A predicted 40% decline in rainfall in southern Australia could mean that the West Australian capital, Perth, will have to rely on alternative sources of water in future, a new climate change research paper warns. The study, led by an academic at the USs National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, examined the causes of rainfall decline in southern Australia over the past few decades and concluded that human activity was a significant contributor. The findings, published in the journal...
Britain 'faces blackouts' unless green balance improves, leading engineer warns
2014-07-13 01:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Britain risks widespread electricity blackouts unless it improves the network's ability to balance intermittent supply from renewable energy sources, a leading engineer has warned. The UK is legally bound to produce nearly a third of its electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar by 2020, requiring a large number of rapidly deployable gas-fired power stations to be on standby to pick up the slack at times when the sun and wind are insufficient. Hugh Sharman is an engineering...
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Coal-reliant Pennsylvania faces election showdown over EPA, natural gas and carbon trading
2014-07-12 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: The nation's third-largest carbon dioxide-emitting state is in the middle of a fierce election fight that could determine whether it stays on its current path of challenging U.S. EPA climate rules, or instead slows fossil fuel development and enters a regional carbon trading program. In coal-reliant Pennsylvania, Republican Gov. Tom Corbett -- who has overseen the state's natural gas boom and called the EPA proposed carbon rule on existing power plants a "cap-and-trade tax" -- is facing a formidable...
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UPDATE 2-Chesapeake faces trial on bid-rigging in Michigan lease sale
2014-07-11 04:09:31| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A judge in Michigan has ruled that Oklahoma-based Chesapeake Energy Corp must face a criminal trial on a charge of bid-rigging with competitor Encana Corp at a 2010 state land lease auction, citing evidence of a conspiracy between the companies that drove state lease prices down sharply.
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