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Canada: When science goes silent

2013-05-07 15:37:13| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Macleans: As far as the government scientist was concerned, it was a bit of fluff: an early morning interview about great white sharks last summer with Canada AM, the kind of innocuous and totally apolitical media commentary the man used to deliver 30 times or more each year as the resident shark expert in the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO). So he sent an email off to Ottawa notifying department flaks about the request, and when no response had been received by the next morning, just went...

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Clearwire Endorses Sprint Bid While Staying Silent on Dish Offer

2013-05-06 19:23:34| Telecom - Topix.net

Clearwire Corp.'s board recommended shareholders vote for a Sprint Nextel Corp. takeover bid at a meeting this month, even while saying it's not ready to announce a decision on a counteroffer by Dish Network Corp.

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Indian city tries to thwart silent killer as summer temperatures soar

2013-05-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ClimateWire: A new kind of billboard is going up in the Indian city Ahmedabad these days. Amid the larger-than-life pictures of politicians, film stars and consumer goods are signs that proclaim "Heat Alert," instruct you to "Drink More Water" and counsel you to "Save Yourself From Heat," both in English and the local language, Gujarati. The billboards are part of a heat action plan that was launched earlier this month, the first plan of its kind in a South Asian city. Ahmedabad, with its 7.2 million residents,...

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