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Plastic bag charge a 'complete mess'
2014-02-06 01:08:21| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The proposal to curb plastic bag use in England by introducing a charge is far too complicated, say MPs.
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Plastic bag charge a 'complete mess'
2014-02-06 01:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: A cross-party committee of MPs says the government's plans for a 5p charge on plastic carrier bags in England are a "complete mess". The Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) says the current proposals are "unnecessarily complicated". Their report says that bans in Ireland and Wales were simpler and have significantly reduced the impact of plastic bags on the environment. Over eight billion disposable carrier bags are used in England every year. Last September, Deputy Prime Minister Nick...
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Corporates cheer as India oil minister takes charge of green clearances
2014-02-02 03:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Veerappa Moily has two seemingly incompatible jobs. As oil minister, he has overseen India's petroleum and natural gas needs. But now he also runs the environment ministry, where he has issued permits for 100 stalled projects in a month-long spree that has delighted industry but shocked green activists. Since taking the additional environment portfolio on December 24, he has given his go-ahead to projects worth some $40 billion, including Posco's $12.6 billion steel plant and forest clearances...
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Xirrus Lets Las Vegas Sands Charge WiFi Premium
2014-01-26 17:39:58| Wireless - Topix.net
As a hotel guest, I am always annoyed when I am required to pay extra for WiFi. But thanks to WiFi service from a Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based startup, lets a Las Vegas casino charge an even higher price premium to grant convention goers wireless access to the Internet.
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You'll Never Guess Where You Can Now Charge Your Electric Car
2014-01-26 10:46:29| Apparel - Topix.net
All electric vehicles are being offered by an increasing number of automakers. The technology is amazing, but it suffers from a key limitation -- batteries.
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