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Microsoft's Bing follows Google in offering Europeans the 'right to be forgotten'
2014-07-17 13:27:13| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft has started accepting requests from users in Europe who want to remove search links from Bing under a recent "right-to-be-forgotten" ruling by Europe's top court. The company has asked European residents, who want Microsoft to block search results that show on Bing in response to searches of their names, to fill up a four-part online form.
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More Chinese than Europeans identify themselves as environmentalists
2014-05-07 11:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: China's massive pollution problems have given rise to a new force of environmental campaigners, with double the number of Chinese identifying themselves as environmentalists compared to Europe and the US, new research finds. In Europe, financial crisis has knocked environmental policy down the political agenda and populist movements see environmentalism as a hobby of European elites. Meanwhile in the United States, the 11 September attacks of 2001 pushed energy security to the top of the political...
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80% of Europeans want a low carbon economy to help tackle climate change
2014-03-04 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Four out of five people in the European Union recognize that fighting climate change and using energy more efficiently can boost the economy and employment, according to a special Eurobarometer opinion poll on climate change published today. Several countries which suffered most in the economic and financial crisis are among the countries where recognition of the economic benefits of climate action and energy efficiency is highest. In no Member State did fewer than 65% of respondents agree. The...
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U.S. Drivers More Dangerous than Europeans
2014-02-23 19:27:08| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
A recent study from the University of Michigans Transportation Research Institute compared the number of deaths by car accidents to other countries around the word and U.S. drivers didnt do as well. Worldwide, there is an average of 18 auto fatalities per 100,000 people. The U.S. is actually better than the average at just 14 [...]The Article U.S. Drivers More Dangerous than Europeans appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Europeans Avoid Big Israel Port Bids Amid Palestinian Boycott Threats
2014-02-19 14:01:59| ENR.com: Headline News
Two private ports, each $1 billion in value, attract three bidding teams, including one with a European member submitting through a separately-based unit.