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Meet the Senates New Climate Denial Caucus
2014-11-05 20:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: Well, folks, it wasnt such a great night on the climate action front. It looks like the millions of dollars that environmental philanthropist Tom Steyer invested in the midterms didnt buy much other than a fledgling political infrastructure to sock away for 2016. With Republicans now in control of the Senate, were likely to see a bill to push through the Keystone XL pipeline coming down the pike soon. And Mitch McConnell, probably the coal industrys biggest booster, retained his seat. In fact,...
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Tech firms 'in denial' over terrorism
2014-11-04 02:20:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
US technology companies have become "the command and control networks of choice" for terrorism, the new head of GCHQ says.
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After months of denial, CDC quietly admits Ebola can spread through aerosolized droplets
2014-11-02 08:30:52| Biotech - Topix.net
Common sense is finally breaking through with regard to the spread of Ebola, despite conflicting information by our nation's public health agencies. After repeatedly denying that Ebola can in any way spread through the air, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has now quietly admitted that it actually can, with the release of a new poster that says "droplets" can spread the disease.
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The truth about Arctic sea ice melt, and its inevitable denial
2014-10-07 20:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: First, the truth: After a summer of seasonal melting, on Sept. 17, 2014, Arctic sea-ice extent* likely hit its minimum for the year. The official word is that it was measured at 5.02 million square kilometers (1.94 million square miles). This is the sixth-lowest minimum since satellite records began in 1979. It also fits right in with the overall declining trend of Arctic sea ice: As you can see, back in the late 70s there used to be about 7.5 million square kilometers when ice hit its...
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Despite split from group, Google's links to climate change denial run deep
2014-09-26 15:41:04| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francrisco Chronicle: Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has given $29,000 over the past six years to politicians who could be lumped in with the "liars" on climate change that he denounced this week. Schmidt's donations to eight Republican legislators since 2008 have become part of Google's complicated relationship with the American Legislative Exchange Council, the powerful conservative policy organization colloquially known as ALEC. Earlier this week, Schmidt sent ripples through Silicon Valley when told...
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