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Government shutdown forces 90 percent staff cut at nuclear regulator. Don't panic.
2013-10-10 21:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Christian Science Monitor: There's no short-term threat to public safety, officials at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and other analysts said. On-site inspectors will remain on the job and employees will be called out of furlough in the case of an emergency. But non-emergency reactor licensing, emergency preparedness exercises, and inspection of nuclear materials are among the day-to-day operations put on hold amid the lapse in appropriations. The cutback significantly crimps the agency's ability to lend oversight and...
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New study forecasts over 25 percent depletion of world's forests
2013-10-10 09:23:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
All Voices: Forests worldwide will continue to slowly shrink before leveling out at a lower level, say researchers based at the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, in a new study. Varied trends, mostly downwards in terms of forest cover, affect the world's forest from illegal logging in Indonesia, associated with palm oil production, causing horrendous smog hundreds of miles away in Singapore to natural phenomena like ash-dieback disease, currently affecting many established hardwoods in Western Europe....
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UPDATE 1-Cargill reports 41 percent drop in quarterly earnings
2013-10-09 18:17:47| Food - Topix.net
U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc on Wednesday reported a 41 percent drop in quarterly profits as the lingering effects of the 2012 severe drought in the United States reduced grain-handling opportunities.
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LG Flexible Phone; 40 Percent of Globe Online; U-verse Apps Get Live TV
2013-10-08 18:33:51| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
From LG's new flexible phone display to the latest world internet stats, here's what you missed yesterday.
Google backs project to cut Internet costs to 5 percent of users' income
2013-10-08 12:30:00| InfoWorld: Top News
Internet access can be expensive, especially in developing countries. Google is backing a new project that aims to change that. The search giant said Monday it has helped found the Alliance for Affordable Internet, or A4AI, a global coalition backed by Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee that hopes to dramatically cut the cost of Internet access.
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