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The Keystone XL Pipeline and its politics, explained

2013-04-04 14:36:34| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Washington Post: With the controversy over the Keystone XL pipeline extension surfacing yet again - opponents will hold a rally Wednesday night in San Francisco`s Pacific Heights neighborhood, outside a fundraiser President Obama is headlining--we thought we`d clarify a few points about the contentious project. (For more details, read Steven Mufson`s new e-book, "Keystone XL: Down the Line.") What is the Keystone XL pipeline? The Keystone XL pipeline extension is a 1,700-mile project that would transport 800,000...

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Nicholas Stern: We still haven't explained how bad climate change is going to get

2013-04-03 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Foreign Policy: In 2006, the prominent British economist Nicholas Stern issued a groundbreaking report on the potential impacts of climate change for the British government. Looking back after eight years, Stern says, "From the point of view of science, the Stern Review underestimated the risks. Actually, badly estimated the risks. The story wasnt strong enough in terms of describing the risks we faced." Stern was speaking at an event at IMF headquarters yesterday with Managing Director Christine Lagarde --...

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Big data, Hadoop, the hype ... and a compelling use case explained

2013-03-21 18:38:18| Oil IT Journal - www.oilit.com

Neil McNaughton reports from Digital Energy on big data where his skunk works detector was showing red. Can Hadoop best years of established technology and confer a real competitive advantage? A conversation with GE shows what Hadoop is good for and where the hype takes over.

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