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UK rail network's new signalling system could be hacked, says scientist
2015-04-24 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The new signalling system aimed to upgrade the UK's rail network could be exposed to cyber attack, resulting in a serious train crash, according to a leading scientist.
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Construction Starts Fall 13% in March, Dodge Data & Analytics Says
2015-04-22 01:14:18| ENR.com: Headline News
If megaprojects' figures are excluded, March showed a 4% uptick from the previous month.
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Australia Could Attain 100 Percent Renewables by 2050, Study Says
2015-04-21 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Australia could reduce its greenhouse emissions significantly and transition to an economy predominantly fueled by renewable energy for very little cost, according to an analysis by the Australian National University and WWF. The country could generate 100 percent of its electricity from renewables and have zero net emissions by 2050 because wind and solar technologies have fallen rapidly in price in recent years and Australia is the world's sunniest and windiest continent. Any progress, however,...
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Australia should cut emissions by 30% by 2025 to catch up, review says
2015-04-21 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Australia should aim to slash its greenhouse gas emissions by 30% by 2025, compared with 2000 levels, in order to catch up to other countries efforts and prove it is a good global citizen, according to a Climate Change Authority review. The CCA, an independent statutory agency that advises the government, also recommended that Australia ramp up its emissions cuts even further by 2030, within a target range of 40% and 60%, again based on 2000 levels. The report restates the authoritys position...
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Major changes will be needed for US power infrastructure, says Obama report
2015-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The U.S. electric grid will require major changes to reposition itself for the future challenges of climate change, new technologies, and national security in coming decades, according to a first-ever Quadrennial Energy Review released by the Obama administration. The report says our system for getting electricity stands at a strategic inflection point and requires significant change in order to accommodate more renewables and the growth of distributed energy technologies like rooftop solar....
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