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Fracking opponents win big in Pennsylvania
2013-12-23 17:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Robinson Township in western Pennsylvania is home to a couple thousand residents and about 20 fracked wells. In a resounding victory for common sense and for local governments throughout the state, residents there and in six other towns won an epic court battle last week that will give them back the right to regulate or even evict the fracking operations in their midst. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday struck down elements of a state law that had prevented local governments from regulating...
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Top tech stories of 2013: Big Brother, wearables, and the struggles of aging tech giants
2013-12-23 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
Politics collided with the world of technology this year as stories about U.S. government spying stirred angst both among the country's citizens and foreign governments, and the flawed HeathCare.gov site got American health-care reform off to a rocky start. Meanwhile, the post-PC era put aging tech giants under pressure to reinvent themselves. Here in no particular order are IDG News Service's picks for the top 10 tech stories of the year.
IT sector bets big on SCAM in 2014
2013-12-23 09:34:57| IT Services - Topix.net
The $110-billion technology services sector looking for new growth engines will be shouting SCAM in 2014.
Susan Story Elevated to CEO of Big Water Utility American Water Works Co.
2013-12-22 22:02:23| ENR.com: Headline News
Top Hires Also at Parsons Brinckerhoff, Airports Council International and WSP
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Harper government gave big oil & pipeline companies $400M to go green
2013-12-22 16:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Postmedia: Canadian taxpayers have given more than $400 million to some large oil, gas and pipeline companies in recent years to support green projects that are also boosting the industrys environmental credentials. An analysis of federal accounting records by Postmedia News shows that Prime Minister Stephen Harpers government has offered these subsidies to money-making companies such as Shell Canada, Suncor, Husky Energy and Enbridge to pursue projects in biofuels production and wind energy as well as...
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