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In denial: Corporate America's blindness to gender discrimination
2013-05-25 13:43:09| Biotech - Topix.net
My client knew the lawsuit was coming. The employee had threatened to sue her employer just about every day.
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Will Angelina Jolie Help End Climate-Change Denial, And Help The Republican Party?
2013-05-19 22:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fobes: File this one under unintended consequences. Angelina Jolie, by announcing her preventative double masectomy, will likely have significant influence well beyond womens health. By modeling how to think with data when data do not tell us what we would otherwise want them to say, she displayed a level of decision-making courage that business and political leaders should strive to emulate. For example, her leadership just may end up helping those fighting in the Republican Party to end ongoing anti-science...
Fossil fuels and vested interests: a society in denial
2013-04-18 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The report released by Lord Stern and thinktank Carbon Tracker paints a picture of society in denial. It shows we're pumping almost $700bn (458bn) of hard-earned savings and pensions annually into finding new reserves of fossil fuels, even though it's clear that almost all of those reserves will have to be written off to provide a decent chance of keeping the planet safe. The ever-inflating "carbon bubble" is only part of the bigger picture, because most of the world's fuel around three-quarters...
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Canada: Joe Oliver beats back accusations of climate change denial - CBC.ca
2013-04-17 03:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Joe Oliver fought off accusations that he doesn't believe in the science of climate change at a testy meeting of the federal natural resources committee Tuesday. The natural resources minister defended comments he made to an editorial board meeting of the Montreal daily La Presse in which he mused about the complexity of climate science. "I believe and the government believes it's [climate change] a serious issue and we're going to continue to act on that belief going forward," Oliver explained...
McCarthy EPA Hearing: GOP Senators Focused On Climate Denial, Email, And IM
2013-04-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateProgress: Republicans tried and failed to pin anything on Assistant Administrator for EPA`s Office of Air and Radiation, Gina McCarthy. When she appeared before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee as President Obama`s nominee to be the next EPA Administrator, some Senators focused on substance, and others focused on denying climate change or asking about email addresses and instant messenger. First some reality. Echoed by several of his colleagues, Senator Bernie Sanders`s opening statement...
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