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United Kingdom: Blacklist used by construction firms to disrupt environmental protests
2013-01-28 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Hundreds of environmental activists were on a secret "blacklist" used by construction firms in an attempt to disrupt high-profile protests against road building and other developments. Files on more than 200 campaigners were held alongside a list of more than 3,000 construction workers who had raised legitimate health and safety concerns or belonged to a trade union. Last week MPs said the list had deprived thousands of people of work and driven some families to destitution. Evidence of the...
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Green Desert: Climate changes to disrupt Southwest
2013-01-20 05:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Desert Sun: On Jan. 11, the National Climate Assessment Advisory Committee a consortium of 13 federal agencies released its third draft report on the impact of climate change on the U.S. As seems to be the rule with federal documents, its monstrously long, but fairly readable and the online table of contents is easy to navigate. I went directly to the section on the Southwest to see whats in store for the desert. Its unsettling reading. Snowpack and streamflow amounts are projected to decline, decreasing...
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Weekend Subway Maintenance to Disrupt 13 Lines
2013-01-19 03:21:20| Railroads - Topix.net
Straphangers might want to set aside extra time for their trips this weekend, as maintenance work is scheduled for 13 subway lines.
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Valve confirms Linux Steam Box for 2013, but can it really disrupt PC and console gaming?
2013-01-07 21:13:54| Extremetech
Only a few weeks ago, the so-called "Steam Box" was confirmed by Valve's managing director Gabe Newell as hardware designed to play well in the living room with big screen TVs. Now, more details are being given by Valve engineer Ben Krasnow. Unsurprisingly, this new machine will be running some variant of Linux, and will be unveiled publicly later in the year at a large gaming event like the Game Developers Conference or the Electronic Entertainment Expo.
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