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Back Off Baby Boomers: The Millennials Own Fight Against Climate Change
2015-01-03 19:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: When it comes to the climate change debate, there are two definitive sides: those who believe in the overwhelming science and those who stand to gain by continuing to deny the evidence. Within these camps, the partisan demographics do not follow the strict red and blue lines that our country is so taken with. Although they are by no means majorities, there are factions of the Democratic Party that support increased coal production and there are subsets of the GOP that champion domestic wind power....
Oil companies put up $200,000 to fight La Habra Heights anti-oil measure
2015-01-01 05:50:48| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
LA HABRA HEIGHTS >> A political action committee representing statewide oil companies has given $200,000 to fight an anti-oil initiative that will be on the March 3 ballot in this community of less than 4,000 voters. Measure A would ban the drilling of any new oil and gas wells, the reactivation of old wells and certain treatments to enhance oil or gas drilling.
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Activist Carl Icahn Urges Split at Manitowoc (MTW), Eyes Proxy Fight
2014-12-29 18:52:47| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Icahn's campaign comes after another high-profile activist fund, Relational Investors LLC, in June launched a similar insurgency . Even though Relational Investors still reports owning an 8.5% stake, its campaign to have Manitowoc to break itself into the same two units may be on hold -- the fund reportedly recently began the process of winding down its $6 billion portfolio after its co-founder, Ralph Whitworth, had to take a leave from the firm for health reasons.
Shenzhen is latest city in China to restrict car sales to fight pollution
2014-12-29 13:39:24| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
China's southern city of Shenzhen said on Monday that it would restrict sales of new cars, joining major cities including Shanghai and Beijing in an escalating war against smog and snarling traffic. More Chinese cities are expected to follow suit, adding woe to China's already slowing auto market, and increasing pressure on carmakers such as General Motors Co and Volkswagen AG to accelerate expansion in China's less affluent, but less crowded western cities.
Ebola fight fades from headlines, but remains critical
2014-12-27 20:06:45| Biotech - Topix.net
Dr. Craig Spencer, who treated Ebola patients in Guinea, tested positive for Ebola on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014. Photo Credit: Facebook After months of alarm about the epidemic in West Africa and fear of a lethal outbreak in the United States, the deadly disease has faded from public consciousness.
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