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Risks of Public WiFi
2015-05-25 17:29:05| Wireless - Topix.net
Wired internet or wireless WiFi , the warnings are out there: Don't visit any websites that you have important accounts with when using a public computer . Visiting even a more trivial account, such as an online community for cheese lovers, could sink you-in that a cyber thief might get your username and password-which are the same ones you have for your bank account, PayPal and Facebook.
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Shareholder Pressure Increasing Over Climate Change Risks
2015-05-22 12:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Energy companies are facing increased scrutiny over their carbon emissions as pension funds worth billions grow anxious about the risks posed by climate change. Philippe Desfosses, chief executive officer of ERAFP, a pension fund for French civil servants, warned of the risks posed by rising sea levels and warming temperatures at a business and climate conference in Paris that finishes Friday. There is a legal risk that is coming, Desfosses said. If there is a carbon risk for a business,...
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Britain risks losing out in carbon debate if it exits EU
2015-05-15 15:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Should Britain vote to leave the European Union it would be relegated to the sidelines over important carbon market reforms vital to safeguarding EU environmental targets over the next decade and beyond. The Conservative Party's victory in general elections this month means Britons will be asked to vote on whether to leave the club of 28 EU nations possibly as early as next year. That's some time off, but EU policy and environmental planning is long-term work, with efforts under way already...
NY Fracking Report Underscores Quake, Climate Risks
2015-05-14 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: New York is 2,000 pages closer to becoming the first fossil fuels-rich state in the U.S. to ban fracking indefinitely because of the climate-changing methane it could emit and the earthquakes, air pollution and water contamination it could cause. Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced in December that fracking, short for the natural gas extraction process called hydraulic fracturing, would be banned in New York, where the energy-rich Marcellus shale holds up to 9 trillion cubic feet of natural gas. The state...
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New study assesses risks of extreme weather to North Texas roads, runways
2015-05-12 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: A new study by researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington finds a high likelihood that extreme storms and higher precipitation will lead to transportation disruption and widespread damage to roads, railways and airport runways in the Dallas-Fort Worth region by the end of the 21st century. The assessment found the risks to transportation infrastructure from storms are more likely to happen during the spring season. Researchers found a higher likelihood of heat-related risks for infrastructure,...
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