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Zika, microcephaly, and pesticides: half-truths, hysteria, and vested interests
2016-02-26 10:56:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: Those who dare suggest that pesticides might be implicated in Brazil's microcephaly outbreak are being furiously attacked as irrational, nonsense-spouting 'conspiracy theorists', writes Claire Robinson. But the attackers have an uncanny ability to get their own facts in a twist. And among them are writers linked to industries with huge economic interests in the matter. I recently published an article on reports by the Argentine doctors' group, Physicians in the Crop-Sprayed Towns, and the Brazilian...
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Tokutek's John Partridge: Open Source Is Vested in Big Data
2013-08-20 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
Ask Tokutek CEO John Partridge what makes open source such a snug fit for the database industry and for Big Data, and he'll tell you it is the decision-making by engineers that use open source. "For people who for whatever reason really need to access the latest technology, most purchasing decisions today are made by very capable engineers," Partridge said.
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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