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Climate speech puts EPA nomination in further peril
2013-06-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fuel Fix: President Barack Obama wasn`t doing Gina McCarthy any favors by rolling out a big plan for combating climate change. Instead, the president may have just delivered a fatal blow to his nomination of McCarthy to head the Environmental Protection Agency. McCarthy`s EPA candidacy was already in question, as Republican senators push for government documents and data that would shed light on the agency`s approach to writing regulations. Sen. David Vitter, R-La., the top Republican on the Senate Environment...
Making peril permanent: Google's Gmail app redesign
2013-06-19 14:43:53| InfoWorld: Top News
Google's recent update of its Gmail app made archive the default setting, encouraging its users to save their email, literally, forever. This may mean a doctor's message about a medical condition, a love note, a conversation about an employer, a neighbor, or with a therapist, may be preserved for decades and, consequently, is left forever at risk.
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Android super-malware discovered Is Googles platform in peril?
2013-06-07 21:53:39| Extremetech
Kaspersky Labs claims Backdoor.AndroidOS.Obad.a is the most sophisticated piece of Android malware it has seen, and could signal a new era in Android threats.
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KGW.com: Portland anti-prostitution programs in peril , 5/18/13
2013-05-20 19:36:23| PortlandOnline
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Two climate change numbers we ignore at our own peril
2013-05-19 09:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Camera: In the rarefied air of Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii, which sits 11,141 feet above sea level, scientists have charted the passing of a milestone that, if ignored, heralds a future for civilization both tragic and chaotic. I'm referring to the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which Charles David Keeling began monitoring in 1958. At that time, CO2 concentration was 313 parts per million (ppm). We are now at 400 ppm, and that is not good news. Why is this number so important?...
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