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The Argument Against Expanded Oil Drilling in Arctic Seas
2013-06-05 23:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The Natural Resources Defense Council has issued a statement concluding that recent events most notably the grounding of a Shell Oil drilling rig in Alaska show the oil industry is not ready to safely, cleanly drill offshore in the Arctic. I agree. Theres no logic for pushing fossil-fuel frontiers this extreme while neglecting energy-efficiency measures at home. Heres the groups argument, which builds on its earlier, and justified, criticism of President Obamas vague new National Strategy...
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Apple enlists Winnie-the-Pooh in e-book argument
2013-06-05 03:44:00| IT Services - Topix.net
An Apple Inc. lawyer used Winnie-the-Pooh and millions of customers too in trying to convince a judge the computer giant did not manipulate electronic book prices and stifle competition when it opened an online bookstore three years ago.
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With U.S. Awash in Oil, Nat'l Interest Argument for Keystone Weakens
2013-05-21 13:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: U.S. oil production is suddenly growing so fast that some analysts are questioning how much the country really needs the Canadian tar sands oil that would move through the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. This month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said it expects domestic crude oil production to surge 20 percent by the end of 2014 from its level at the start of this year. That means an additional 1.4 million barrels of U.S.-produced oil will be available each dayabout twice as much...
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Alexander's energy argument not prevailing on wind power
2013-04-01 08:10:34| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Few issues arouse as much passion for Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander as federal subsidies for wind-generated electricity.
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Woman gets probation after argument over dog in Meijer parking lot results in ad soliciting sex
2013-01-03 00:29:41| Grocery - Topix.net
A Grand Rapids woman will spend one year on probation but no time behind bars for posting a Craigslist ad soliciting a woman for sex after an argument outside the Cascade Township Meijer store.