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U.K. Has No Economic Case to Weaken Carbon Goals: Adviser
2013-11-07 01:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: The U.K. has no economic or scientific cause to weaken its carbon targets, the governments adviser on climate change said, reducing the chance ministers will alter a goal to cut emissions in half by 2027. Britain charts its emissions cuts in five-year carbon budgets. In May 2011, it announced a target for CO2 output during the fourth budget for 2023-2027 to average half the 1990 level. At the same time, it pledged to review the goal in 2014 to make sure its in line with commitments by other...
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LG mobile profits weaken on marketing costs, competition
2013-10-24 08:32:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) LG Electronics reported a continued strong rise in mobile phone sales in the third quarter, but moved to an operating loss at the activities due to extra marketing costs for the launch of its flagship G2 smartphone. Mobile revenues rose 24 percent year-on-year to KRW 3.045 trillion. The operating loss was KRW 80 billion, versus a profit of KRW 61 billion in Q2 and a loss of KRW 5 billion a year earlier. LG shipped 12.0 million smartphones in the quarter, slightly less than 12.1 million in Q2. Shipments of LTE phones were up 31 percent from the previous quarter thanks to the introduction of the G2. LG said competition intensified, especially in the 3G market, leading to a lower average selling price. In Q4, it aims to grow sales in the premium segment with the further roll-out of the G2, as well as step up marketing for mass market LTE and 3G phones during the holiday season. Overall, LG Electronics reported quarterly sales up 4.6 percent year-on-year to KRW 13.89 trillion (USD 12.51 billion), as the growth in mobile offset a difficult TV market and negative forex effects. Operating profit improved to KRW 218 billion from KRW 172 billion a year ago, while net profit fell to KRW 109 billion from KRW 165 billion.
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Unexpected interaction between ocean currents and bacteria may weaken ocean's ability to absorb carbon
2013-09-13 16:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: For the first time, researchers have successfully demonstrated an interaction between ocean currents and bacteria: The unexpected interaction leads to the production of vast amounts of nitrogen gas in the Pacific Ocean. This takes place in one of the largest oxygen free water masses in the world -- and these zones are expanding. This can ultimately weaken the ocean's ability to absorb CO2. Three places in the world harbor extensive oxygen free water masses, called Oxygen Minimum Zones. In these...
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Google, Intel cement ties on Chrome OS, could weaken Wintel
2013-09-12 13:39:24| InfoWorld: Top News
New Chromebooks announced this week signal Intel's willingness to broaden its horizons and work with companies like Google, at the expense of its long-standing Windows partnership with Microsoft. Three new Chromebooks from Hewlett-Packard, Acer and newcomer Toshiba with Google's Chrome OS were shown on stage during this week's Intel Developer Forum. The sub-$299 laptops will run on Intel's Haswell chips, and executives from Google and the chip maker said they worked closely to tune the OS at the kernel and driver levels to work with Intel's chips.
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Germany works to weaken EU car emissions law
2013-06-23 17:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany has put forward a new proposal to weaken EU draft rules on vehicle emission limits for carbon dioxide as it struggles to persuade other nations to help it protect its powerful car industry, EU sources said. Talks on a legal text are in their final stages, but German efforts to ensure its luxury car makers, such as BMW and Daimler, can continue to produce more polluting, less fuel efficient cars, have complicated the debate. Last week, Germany had to abandon another proposal it had made...