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In Northern Gateway Pipeline Decision, Economics Trumped All Else
2013-12-19 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: An independent Canadian federal panel on Thursday approved Enbridge's proposal to build a new pipeline from the tar sands of Alberta to the British Columbia coast, a significant gain in the industry's long campaign to find export markets for the nation's abundant but carbon-heavy form of crude oil. The panel set 209 conditions on the project [3] as a way to overcome environmental and safety concerns. Even that, it said, would not guarantee that there would be no environmental harm. But its central...
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Giant Eagle says Bexley store will be 'intimate' but it's not sharing much else
2013-10-31 12:34:41| Grocery - Topix.net
Giant Eagle Inc. may be moving ahead with a scaled-down-yet-upscale Market District store slated for construction late next year in Bexley, but the retailer remains typically tight-lipped about the project.
How Bitcoin thieves used an Android flaw to steal money, and how it affects everyone else
2013-08-16 18:34:15| Extremetech
Android's pseudorandom number generator isn't quite random enough, and that led to some bitcoins being swiped. As many as 300,000 other apps could be affected, though.
U.K. regulator to Google: Delete Street View data -- or else
2013-06-21 14:49:05| CNET News.com
The Information Commissioner's Office says Google must delete its Street View data within 35 days or be in contempt of court. [Read more]
Island in the sun: Why are our cities heating up faster than everywhere else?
2013-06-12 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: There are hot islands, there are really hot islands, and then there are urban heat islands [PDF] - cities that are hotter, often considerably, than their more rural surrounds. Sound a little strange? Well, you can tell your foil-hat wearing, climate denying friends its nothing new, having been documented as far back as 1810. Simply put, cutting down all the trees, paving over every inch of earth, burying streams in slew ways, and building enormous structures warms things up a bit. Some may like...