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As FCC ponders Net neutrality change, consumer awareness grows
2014-11-16 18:50:13| Telecom - Topix.net
President Obama this week called on the Federal Communications Commission to implement a strict policy of Net neutrality and to oppose content providers in restricting bandwith to customers. A funny thing happened to some Netflix streaming-video subscribers earlier this year.
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Farmers vs. scientists on the debate over climate change
2014-11-16 16:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environmental News Network: Crop producers and scientists hold deeply different views on climate change and its possible causes, a study by Purdue and Iowa State universities shows. Associate professor of natural resource social science Linda Prokopy and fellow researchers surveyed 6,795 people in the agricultural sector in 2011-2012 to determine their beliefs about climate change and whether variation in the climate is triggered by human activities, natural causes or an equal combination of both. More than 90 percent of...
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Abbott tells G20 leaders he backs coal despite pleas on climate change
2014-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott has told a G20 leaders discussion on energy he was standing up for coal as the Queensland government prepares to unveil new infrastructure spending to help the development of Australias largest coal mine. Abbott opened the closed-door discussion on energy on Sunday morning by telling the world leaders that as the worlds largest producer of coal, Id like to stand up for coal, sources told Guardian Australia. Several leaders, including the French president, François...
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Australia: World leaders turn up heat on Tony Abbotts climate change stance
2014-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been struggling to avoid one very hot topic at Brisbane's G20 summit but it seems it was inevitable. With Sunday's temperature scorching to over 40, climate change has been a very topical conversation among world leaders, who have probed the Aussie PM in a number of 'difficult discussions'. With the G20 nations turning up the heat on the host and Australian PM for some 'real action' on the issue, the final address confirmed the G20 nations have strongly...
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New Zealand takes up Obama's climate change challenge
2014-11-16 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Zealand Herald: PRIME Minister John Key says New Zealand will put a small amount into the Green Climate Fund and expects to set a 2020 target for carbon emission reductions early next year as climate change takes centre stage at the G20 following a ground breaking agreement between China and the US. Mr Key also said New Zealand would contribute $3 million toward the Green Climate Fund after some of the major players at the G20 announced significant pledges. They included US Barack Obama, who told an audience...
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