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Saudi Arabia: an unlikely ally in the march towards renewable energy
2015-06-04 14:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: If the 19th-century epitome of a futile economic transaction was carrying coals to Newcastle, then the 20th century equivalent might have been importing oil to Saudi Arabia. Rarely has a country been so spectacularly well endowed with a resource so fundamental to the functioning of the global economy in a particular era. How striking, therefore, to learn that the Saudi oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, is predicting that within just 25 years we could no longer need fossil fuels. This, from a representative...
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How Brazilian beef industry became latest ally fight against deforestation
2015-05-13 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: Once seen as one of the biggest threats to the Amazon rainforest, large meatpacking companies can become important players in slowing the rate of deforestation. Preserving tropical forests, which store enormous amounts of carbon, is widely seen as vital to combating global warming and maintaining the planet's biodiversity. One way to accomplish that is to get companies to pledge to buy their raw materials or agricultural products from sources that don't contribute to deforestation. But relatively...
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Microsoft Corporation Gains a Key Ally in the Internet of Things
2015-04-05 22:38:21| Wireless - Topix.net
Microsoft recently followed up to that announcement The DragonBoard 410c is roughly the same size as a Raspberry Pi 2, but it has a faster 64-bit CPU, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and GPS connections -- four features which the 32-bit Pi 2 lacks. The DragonBoard 410c costs $75, but its beefier specs could make it a better all-in-one solution for creating Internet of Things devices.
Airlines Get Congress Ally as Gulf Carriers Rebut Subsidies
2015-03-18 01:59:10| Airlines - Topix.net
"There appear to be subsidies that are flowing to those airlines," Representative Bill Shuster, a Pennsylvania Republican who leads the House Transportation and Infrastructure panel, said in an interview at an aviation industry event in Washington. "When you look at the things they are doing, they don't seem to make economic sense.
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Ally CEO prepares to boost subprime auto lending, cope with loss of GM
2015-02-20 21:33:43| Automakers - Topix.net
Jeffrey Brown says he's keeping his cool about losing business from General Motors Co.
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