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EDF drops lawsuit against environmental activists after backlash
2013-03-13 13:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The energy company EDF has dropped a 5m civil lawsuit against a group of 21 activists who occupied one of its gas-fired power plants for a week in October 2012, in a move described by supporters of the demonstrators as a "humiliating climbdown". EDF faced a strong public backlash against its civil suit, which was described by opponents as an attempt to undermine peaceful protest in the UK, after details of the action were published in the Guardian. The parents of one of the activists launched...
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Consumer Watch: Surcharge backlash
2013-02-23 21:41:43| Airlines - Topix.net
Consumer chief executive Sue Chetwin said some businesses were using surcharging as a way to get extra money from consumers.
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Forecasting Climate With A Chance Of Backlash
2013-02-19 09:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: When it comes to climate change, Americans place great trust in their local TV weather caster, which has led climate experts to see huge potential for public education. The only problem? Polls show most weather presenters don't know much about climate science, and many who do are fearful of talking about something so polarizing. In fact, if you have heard a weathercaster speak on climate change, it's likely been to deny it. John Coleman, in San Diego, and Anthony Watts, of Watts Up With That?,...
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Zero Backlash Linear Drives offer adjustable pitch.
2013-01-14 14:30:35| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
With rolling ring bearing assembly housed inside drive unit, Uhing Model RG Linear Drives offer manual pitch control, which permits 10:1 adjustment of linear pitch of drive unit. Users can turn pitch down in 0.01 increments across 100 discrete settings. In applications where it is desirable or necessary to keep drive motor running at constant speed, adjustable pitch feature enables variable speed drive system without requiring changes or adjustments to motor speed. This story is related to the following:Linear Drives
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Nation already feeling backlash of unchecked climate change
2013-01-12 06:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
News Journal: A new national report flatly declared Friday that global climate change is already affecting the American people making seasons hotter and drier, whipping up more furious storms and floods and threatening global ecosystems and every aspect of human activity. Evidence for climate change abounds, from the top of the atmosphere to the depths of the oceans, said the draft National Climate Assessment, which is issued every four years. In an opening to the 1,146-page document, described as...
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