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United Kingdom: Pro-fracking newspaper ad banned by Advertising Standards Authority
2014-09-03 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a US energy company misled the public when it made unsubstantiated claims about the benefits of fracking and claimed a gas shortage put the UK close to catastrophe. Breitling Energy's advertisement in the Telegraph began: "Dear Citizens of the United Kingdom, do you know that your country is blessed with an incredible gift?" It said higher shale gas estimates in the British Geographical Survey were "fantastic news for the UK". The ad, published...
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Uber banned across Germany by court
2014-09-02 12:57:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A court says the UberPop service must stop transporting passengers in Germany, but the American company refuses to suspend work.
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Powerful hairdryers could be banned in EU attempt tackle climate change
2014-09-01 18:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Powerful hairdryers may be banned under European Union (EU) regulations aimed at tackling climate change. Up to 30 other appliances, including toasters and kettles, appear in a study requested by the European Commission in order to meet a target for energy savings of 30 per cent across the EU by 2030. Hairdryers can range in power from 900 watts to as much as 2,300 watts Hairdressers and consumers the fear more powerful models favoured by salons would no longer be available. The National...
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NASA reports unknown source of banned ozone-destroying compound
2014-08-22 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: NASA research has revealed the Earth's atmosphere contains an unexpectedly large amount of an ozone-depleting compound from an unknown source decades after the compound was banned worldwide. Carbon tetrachloride (CCl4), which was once used in applications such as dry cleaning and as a fire-extinguishing agent, was regulated in 1987 under the Montreal Protocol along with other chlorofluorocarbons that destroy ozone and contribute to the ozone hole over Antarctica. Parties to the Montreal Protocol...
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Has China Really Banned Apple? Maybe Not
2014-08-08 14:37:57| PC Magazine Notebooks Product Guide
Beijing may have delisted some Apple products for government purchase over energy standards paperwork.
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