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Facebook prepares to amp up its ad war with Google with Atlas
2013-02-13 22:31:11| CNET News.com
Social network expected to soon buy extensive ad-serving technology from Microsoft in bid to deliver socially powered ads and reach further into the display ad business. [Read more]
Obamas State of the Union must sell the climate challenge as war
2013-02-11 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bellona: The truth will likely lie in between as he addresses the annual joint session of the House of Representatives and the Senate tomorrow evening. But one of the strongest indicators that he could let loose with some of the oldie-but-goodie environmental tunes that cemented his popularity during his early first term is that he essentially has nothing to lose as a second-term president, who, judging by his across the board populist rhetoric at his inauguration, could aim for the jugular on his signature...
Rapacious War Against Nature: Indonesian Palm Oil
2013-02-09 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: A couple decades ago just prior to my postgraduate studies at The University of Melbourne I had the privilege of visiting an Indonesian rainforest. I encourage everyone to spend one night in a tropical rainforest; its rich array and cacophony of jungle life will change your life -- forever. A lot has changed since then -- the ferocity and scale of 'The War Against Nature' is heartbreaking -- 300 football fields an hour of priceless tropical rainforests are being felled to make room for unregulated...
03.20: Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War
2013-02-09 01:36:49| Powells Books Events Calendar
Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War (Da Capo) is an unprecedented collection of hard-hitting, poignant short stories written by 13 young veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. On-hand for a panel discussion will be coeditor/contributor Roy Scranton and contributors David Abrams and Gavin Kovite. This event is cosponsored by the Returning Veterans Project.
As Drought Intensifies, 2 States Dig In Over Water War
2013-02-06 21:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Epic water battles are the stuff of history and legend, especially in the West. And as a severe drought drags on in the Midwest, a water war is being waged over a river that irrigates agriculture in Colorado, Nebraska and Kansas. It's that last border crossing where this water war is under way. Kansas has gone to the Supreme Court to argue that Nebraska uses too much water from the Republican River, and that there's not enough left for Kansas farmers. In Clifton, Kan., on the short end of the...
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