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Fixed, floating or blown away: pinning down Australia's carbon price
2013-07-16 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: What is the carbon price? Carbon pricing started on 1 July 2012 as a result of the federal government's post-election deal with the Greens and key independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor. The aim is to reduce Australia's greenhouse gases to meet a bipartisan target of a minimum 5%, and up to 25%, reduction in emissions by 2020. The carbon price works by charging Australia's major carbon emitters, such as power stations, mines and heavy industry, for their emissions. Businesses that generate...
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Facebook 'massacre' joker: It's been blown out of proportion
2013-07-12 17:19:16| CNET News.com
Fresh out of a Texas jail, Justin Carter appears on CNN with his family and lawyer and sounds chastened, but unbowed. [Read more]
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Woz on Kickstarter project: 'I'm blown away'
2013-06-19 19:34:43| CNET News.com
What incredible feat of crowd-funded engineering got Steve Wozniak to gush on Gizmodo? Here's a hint: It fits in your wallet. [Read more]
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Amount of dust blown across the Western U.S. is increasing
2013-06-11 02:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The amount of dust being blown across the landscape has increased over the last 17 years in large swaths of the West, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder. The escalation in dust emissions -- which may be due to the interplay of several factors, including increased windstorm frequency, drought cycles and changing land-use patterns -- has implications both for the areas where the dust is first picked up by the winds and for the places where the dust is put back down....
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Intel ex-CEO looks back at biggest blown call: Missing out on the iPhone
2013-05-17 00:35:19| CNET News.com
Paul Otellini, who retired as the chip giant's CEO on Thursday, tells The Atlantic that he didn't do what it takes for Intel to be in Apple's initial smartphone. [Read more]