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Majority Of Americans Want Obamas Carbon Rules For Coal Plants, Poll Finds
2014-05-30 08:34:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ThinkProgress: Americans as a whole support putting strict regulations on the amount of carbon dioxide emitted from existing coal-fired power plants in order to fight global warming and improve public health, a Yale University poll released Thursday showed. According to the poll conducted in April, 64 percent of the 1,013 Americans surveyed said they support a strict policy to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants, while 35 percent said they opposed it - a support ratio of nearly two to one. However,...
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US crude oil production soars, but what does it mean for Americans?
2014-05-20 13:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BizPac: Data just released by the Energy Information Agency reveals that U.S. crude oil production peaked to 8.248 million barrels per day last week, a 28-year high, thanks to the success of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracking in North Dakota and Texas. Yet prices at the pump remain stubbornly high. What gives? A number of factors come into play, including persistent high demand, limited refining capacity, geopolitical instability, and speculation on the international market, according to Bloomberg...
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Americans Still Love JetBlue and Southwest Airlines
2014-05-18 17:51:31| Airlines - Topix.net
For many years, passenger surveys have routinely shown that most Americans prefer to fly low-cost carriers, particularly JetBlue Airways And Warren Buffett is so confident in this company's can't-live-without-it business model, he just loaded up on 8.8 million shares.
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AutoZone Sued for Fourth Time for Violating Americans with Disabilities Act
2014-05-12 18:32:37| Auto Parts - Topix.net
According to the EEOC's complaint, from 2009 till at least 2011, AutoZone assessed employees nationwide "points" for absences, without permitting any general exception for disability-related absences.
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Federal report: Warming disrupts Americans' lives
2014-05-07 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Most Americans are already feeling man-made global warming, from heat waves to wild storms to longer allergy seasons. And it is likely to get worse and more expensive, says a new federal report that is heating up political debate along with the temperature. Shortly after the report came out Tuesday, President Obama used several television weathermen to make his point about the bad weather news and a need for action to curb carbon pollution before it is too late. "We want to emphasize to the...
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