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Japan: The children of Japan's Fukushima battle an invisible enemy
2014-03-10 01:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Some of the smallest children in Koriyama, a short drive from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, barely know what it's like to play outside -- fear of radiation has kept them in doors for much of their short lives. Though the strict safety limits for outdoor activity set after multiple meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant in 2011 have now been eased, parental worries and ingrained habit mean many children still stay inside. And the impact is now starting to show, with children...
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Food Economist: Consumers Are Not the Enemy
2014-01-19 23:55:00| Beef
Holly Spangler for Beef Producer If what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, should what happens on the farm, stay on the farm? Not anymore, says Jayson Lusk, Oklahoma State University food and agricultural economist. read more
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Climate-change activists are playing a dangerous game with their 'enemy' narrative
2013-11-16 12:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The argument between the British political parties over energy prices appears, on the face of it, to be another tedious, media-fuelled battle of words shaped by focus groups. Yet it is more interesting than that: it is proof of the power of cognitive frames and shows how easily the real and overwhelming threat of climate change can be sidelined because of its failure to fit a classic narrative. Let me explain. Our evolution as a social animal has left us highly attuned to threats posed by visible...
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Business not 'the enemy', CBI says
2013-11-04 19:20:24| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
CBI president Sir Mike Rake says business is suffering a crisis in public confidence, with some people seeing it as the "enemy".
Hanford whistleblower: 'I was now the enemy'
2013-11-02 19:08:23| Waste Management - Topix.net
A whistleblower whose findings brought a halt to a multi-billion-dollar construction project at the Hanford Site faces a key court hearing next week that could determine whether his whistleblower retaliation case against the federal government and his former employer should be heard before a jury of his peers.
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