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5 years after major DNS flaw is discovered, few U.S. companies have deployed long-term fix
2013-01-29 14:22:53| InfoWorld: Top News
Five years after the disclosure of a serious vulnerability in the Domain Name System dubbed the Kaminsky bug, only a handful of U.S. ISPs, financial institutions or e-commerce companies have deployed DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to alleviate this threat.
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Major Cities Alter Weather Across Long Distances, Study Says
2013-01-28 18:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Heat generated in major metropolitan areas is altering the character of the jet stream and other atmospheric systems, at times affecting the weather thousands of miles away, a new study says. Writing in the journal Nature Climate Change, a team of scientists reports that so-called waste heat produced from buildings, cars, and other sources is altering weather patterns and increasing winter temperatures across large areas of North America and northern Asia by as much as 1 degree C (1.8 degrees F)....
Cherkizovo Completes Major Pork Project
2013-01-25 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
RUSSIA - OJSC Cherkizovo Group has completed the construction of three Greenfield pork farms located in the Voronezh, Lipetsk and Tambov regions. The total capacity of the three complexes amounts to 37,500 tonnes of live weight of pork per year.
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Nebraska OK clears major hurdle, senators urge Keystone pipeline approval
2013-01-24 11:23:17| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
More than half the Senate on Wednesday urged quick approval of TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline, ramping up pressure on President Barack Obama just days after he promised in his inaugural address to respond vigorously to the threat of climate change.
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China says major pollutant levels dropping, but hard task ahead
2013-01-24 11:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: China's environment minister said on Thursday that emissions of four major pollutants dropped last year and should fall by a similar level this year, but admitted the country faced a tough task in trying to end chronic air pollution. This winter's pollution, especially in northern China, has been so severe that even usually pliant state media has criticized government inaction, partly because it can't be hidden from the public unlike other sensitive subjects such as high-level corruption. But...
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