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Sanders: Vermont wind moratorium would impede efforts to combat global warming
2013-01-28 18:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Burlington Free Press: Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., urged the state Monday to reject a proposed moratorium on wind energy projects, saying such a move would provide ammunition for those determined to prevent national action to address global warming. The day after a moratorium was passed, the fossil fuel industry, would be advertising all over the country that even in progressive Vermont, environmentally conscious Vermont, they dont want to go fast on sustainable energy, they dont really believe that global warming...
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United Kingdom: EU referendum: Climate efforts could be 'collateral damage', warn MEPs
2013-01-24 11:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EurActiv: Fears are growing in Brussels that climate policy could become a political football in any referendum on EU membership, following British Prime Minister David Cameron's declaration of intent on Wednesday to hold an in/out poll. The UK Independent Party (UKIP), which has links to the eurosceptic right of Cameron's Conservatives, launched a petition on 21 January calling for the EU's climate and energy targets to be suspended. The petition's professed objectives -- to prevent carbon leakage,...
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Facebook boosts efforts on suicide prevention
2013-01-24 03:17:16| CNET News.com
The social network works with suicide watch group to detect early warning signs in at-risk users. After Web activist Aaron Swartz ended his life, this type of work is all the more relevant. [Read more]
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Obama to build on first-term climate change efforts
2013-01-23 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: President Barack Obama still wants to tackle climate change in a way that does not hurt the US economy or jobs, and has yet to frame an immediate plan for action, his spokesman said Tuesday. Obama caused a stir on Monday when he promised in his inaugural address to "respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations." The White House said Tuesday that Obama still backed congressional action to curb global warming but noted...
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PAKISTAN: Efforts to boost trade with India deferred
2013-01-23 14:24:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Efforts to open up trade between Pakistan and India by the end of 2012 have been deferred after concerns were raised by some industry sectors in the two countries.
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