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Help for elderly to block cold calls
2015-06-13 19:39:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Pensioners might soon be able to block cold calls with new screening technology provided by the government, the digital economy minister says.
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House panel calls out nuke officials for repeated failures
2015-06-12 20:54:53| Energy - Topix.net
Members of a U.S. House panel say they're frustrated with decades of security and safety lapses at the sites that make up the nation's nuclear complex. They called out top officials with the U.S. Energy Department and the National Nuclear Safety Administration during a hearing Friday in Washington, D.C. The panel focused on oversight failures that contributed to a 2014 radiation release that forced the closure of the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository in southern New Mexico.
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Synthetic marijuana: CDC reports large rise in calls to US poison centers
2015-06-12 12:59:52| Biotech - Topix.net
The number of calls to US poison centers between January and May this year relating to adverse health effects of synthetic marijuana use soared by almost 230% compared with the same period in 2014, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between January and May this year, 3.572 calls were made to poison centers in the US relating to adverse health effects of synthetic marijuana.
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Canada: Researchers open letter calls for moratorium on new oilsands projects
2015-06-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: More than 100 scientists and economists from Canada and the U.S. made an unprecedented call Wednesday for a halt to new projects in the oilsands until carbon emissions can be reduced. In an open letter sent to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the prestigious group of researchers said a moratorium on new projects is needed if the world wants to limit the worst impacts of global warming. Energy economist Mark Jaccard of Simon Fraser University said the position is Alberta friendly, as it would maintain...
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NFU Calls Vote to Repeal COOL in House Disappointing, Knee-Jerk Overreaction; Assures Senate There Remains a Viable Path Forward to Save The Law, Satisfy WTO
2015-06-10 22:11:40| National Farmers Union
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 10, 2015 Contact: Andrew Jerome, 202-314-3106 ajerome@nfudc.org WASHINGTON (June 10, 2015) National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson called todays voice vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to repeal Country-of-Origin Labeling (COOL) a disappointing, knee-jerk overreaction and urged the U.S. Senate to continue its thoughtful handling of the World Trade Organization (WTO)
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