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The Socially Responsible Role of Social Media in Crisis Management
2013-03-05 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Hurricane Sandy, which struck the U.S.' Eastern seaboard last October, exemplified the use of social networks in disaster communications. Millions of residents were affected. For many, real-time information was provided through independent, citizen-generated Facebook pages like Jersey Shore Hurricane News and Twitter.
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Single Chinese hacking unit responsible for stealing terabytes of data from hundreds of organizations, says US security firm
2013-02-20 14:51:11| Extremetech
If you're worried that China will grow to one day rule all things and become the world's biggest and most feared superpower, it probably doesn't help to know that a computer security firm published a report that states hundreds of terabytes of governmental and industrial data have been stolen by what is reportedly a single Chinese hacker unit.
United Kingdom: Oil additive polymer PIB may be responsible for seabird deaths
2013-02-06 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A sticky substance that has killed hundreds of seabirds could be a polymer often used to improve the performance of lubricating oil, it has emerged. Professor Steve Rowland, an expert in pollution from Plymouth University, examined the substance found on one of the guillemots washed up on the south coast of the UK. He concluded that it is PIB polyisobutene which is used in products ranging from adhesives to sealants and chewing gum. The makeup of the samples he and his team have analysed suggests...
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Dutch court holds Shell subsidiary partially responsible for Nigeria spills
2013-01-31 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The District Court of The Hague has ruled that Netherlands-based Royal Dutch Shell's Nigerian subsidiary is responsible for oil spills in the Niger Delta from 2004 to 2007 and must pay compensation.
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China responsible for 46 percent of global coal consumption
2013-01-30 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: A new chart by the U.S. Energy Information Administration shows how China's coal habit has grown to such an extent that it now accounts for 46.9 percent of the world's consumption. In 2011 coal consumption hit 3.8 billion tons in China, making up nearly half the world's coal use of 8.1 billion tons. Coal comes with a number of environmental issues-including toxic air and water pollution-but the most pressing globally is climate change. Burning coal is the world's most carbon intensive energy source....
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