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Intelligence chief offers dire warning on cyberattacks
2013-03-12 21:44:13| CNET News.com
Director of National Intelligence James Clapper presents his yearly congressional report on security threats facing the nation. Cyberattacks appear for the first time -- and get top billing. [Read more]
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Panel finds Detroit in dire shape; up to governor to act
2013-02-20 02:46:01| Automakers - Topix.net
An expert panel concluded on Tuesday that Detroit faces a fiscal emergency in a city plagued by "operational dysfunction," leaving Governor Rick Snyder with a controversial decision of whether to declare a financial takeover by the state If Snyder does decide to appoint an emergency financial manager for Detroit, that person could decide that the ... (more)
USDA climate study sees dire future for agriculture
2013-02-06 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Des Moines Register: Climate change could have a drastic and harmful effect on U.S. agriculture, forcing farmers and ranchers to alter where they grow crops and costing them millions of additional dollars needed to tackle weeds, pests and diseases that threaten their operations, a sweeping government report said Tuesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture analysis said that while crops and livestock have been able to adapt to changes in their surroundings for close to 150 years, the accelerating pace and intensity...
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2 Reports on Oil Sands Paint a Dire Picture
2013-01-17 22:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline and the heavy Canadian crude oil that it would carry released two reports on Thursday asserting that the environmental impacts of the project are worse than previously estimated, and urged the Obama administration to veto it. One report, from the anti-petroleum group Oil Change International, finds that existing studies of emissions from mining, transporting and refining the oil from oil sands formations in Alberta fails to account for the impact of petroleum...
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