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The coal monster: Pollution forces Chinese leaders to act
2013-03-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spiegel: What does growth smell like? What does the biggest economic miracle of all time taste like? In Guiyu, on the South China Sea, the smell of growth is a caustic, slightly nut-like odor emitted when a computer keyboard is placed on a hotplate. Electronic waste is processed in Guiyu, one of the most prosperous cities in Guangdong Province. In Xintang, on the Pearl River Delta, it is the bitterly acidic gases that are released when tons of denim material are bleached, dyed and washed. Xintang is...
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How the FBI uses the Patriot Act to get info on Google users
2013-03-06 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
In 2012, Google may have received 500 National Security Letters, requests from the FBI for identifying data -- such as name or address -- about one or
Farmers Against Crippling Taxes (FACT) Act Would Repeal Death Tax
2013-03-06 02:38:03| Beef
Discussions about the estate tax have died down somewhat since Congress passed the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, which locked in a death tax rate of 40% and a $5-million exemption level indexed to inflation. I think Congress hoped that by passing meaningful legislation, it would placate the growing concern and loud protests from the meager country mice like you and me. BEEF Daily read more
Republican George Shultz to urge Congress to act on climate change
2013-03-05 21:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: George Shultz, preeminent adviser to Republican presidents, now at Stanford`s Hoover Institution, heads to Washington Friday to urge action on climate change. Shultz, an economist, has immersed himself in energy policy for the past few years and is a leading proponent of a carbon tax. He traded his hybrid for an all-electric car. "I have three, soon to be four, great-grandchildren," Shultz has explained. "I`ve got to do what I can to see that they have a decent world. And if we let this go on...
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Alfa 4C, Act II
2013-03-05 09:41:52| Automakers - Topix.net
GENEVA Volkswagen Group-controlled design firm Italdesign Giugiaro unveiled a concept car here Monday that hints to a new type of Grand Tourism luxury model.
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