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The giants of the green world that profit from the planet's destruction
2013-05-08 11:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The movement demanding that public interest institutions divest their holdings from fossil fuels is on a serious roll. Chapters have opened up in more than 100 US cities and states as well as on more than 300 campuses, where students are holding protests, debates and sit-ins to pressure their to rid their endowments of oil, gas and coal holdings. And under the "Fossil Free UK" banner, the movement is now crossing the Atlantic, with a major push planned by People & Planet for this summer. Some schools,...
How rogue palm oil producers are getting away with forest destruction
2013-04-25 09:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: It always amazes me how the actions or rather inaction of high-level meetings in far-off cities can so seriously impact forests in my own country. Today, an organisation with the declared aim of ensuring environmentally responsible palm oil production the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) will be voting on new rules for its members mostly palm oil producers, traders and consumers. Its a big day for the organisation, because for the first time, members will be deciding whether...
Brazilian slaughterhouses sued for Amazon destruction
2013-04-18 21:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Greenpeace: Life is about to get a whole lot harder for the slaughterhouses in Brazil who are still tied to a business model based on forest destruction and violation of indigenous and labor rights. IBAMA, the Ministry of Labor, the Federal Public Ministry in the states of Amazonas, Mato Grosso and Rondônia, and the Federal Prosecutor in Amazonas and Rondônia sued 26 slaughterhouses for buying cattle from farms involved in illegalities. The fines for the slaughterhouses total US$ 280 million. Brazilian slaughterhouse...
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Automakers Facing Threat of Hackers Turning Cars into Weapons of Mass Destruction
2013-03-31 01:35:21| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
SITUATION: A driver participating in a test sees that his speedometer has dropped from 60 miles per hour to zero, right as the horn honks endlessly. The engine has been killed and the driver is locked in his car! University researchers are testing out cyber security hacker attacks that will scare the daylights out of drivers. Guess what? There are hackers out there losing interest in taking over Department of Defense computer networks with the prospect of making vehicles weapons of mass destruction. Vehicle electronics systems and onboard computers have become remarkably sophisticated in recent years, and connected car technologies up the ante. A study by University of California San Diego and University of Washington is showing that hackers are gaining more power over public safety. SIGNIFICANCE: Connected cars are rapidly expanding in popularity and offerings such as Toyotas Touch, Fords Sync, and Chryslers Uconnect systems. Hacker attacks are not a pressing issue today, but in the next years, we will have to discuss the issues that could come up, said Dirk Hoheisel, a board member at Bosch. Safety is the top issue cited by Google, government agencies, and law enforcement in the autonomous, driverless test runs being tried out in Nevada and California. The harsh irony is that hackers could reverse the good fortune achieved through these amazing cars. Carmakers have begun probing their vehicles for cyber security issues. One major global automaker has set up an in-house team that focuses entirely on vehicle IT security, and outsources external audits to test its vehicles for vulnerability to hackers. Click here to read more about this ominous, threatening scenario that global automakers are being forced into dealing withThe Article Automakers Facing Threat of Hackers Turning Cars into Weapons of Mass Destruction appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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'Weapons of Mass Destruction' discussion lands at SXSW
2013-03-09 04:26:04| CNET News.com
South by Southwest has gotten so big that the top arms control official in the United States decided to stop by the conference with a message for its techies: We come in peace. [Read more]
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