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Australias Politics of Global Warming
2013-11-14 04:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Huge clumps of strange, pink-stringed jellyfish drifted into the protected bay near my home in Sydney last year. Thousands swarmed under the surface, stinging indiscriminately. I swam through them in a full-body wet suit for several long months with my swimming group, wondering if warmer currents had changed the habitat patterns. Scientists are now talking about a peculiar jellification of the sea, prompted by climate change. We smeared ointments on our faces and packed antihistamines and creams...
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Politics: Perhaps Its A Good Thing Were Not Good At It
2013-11-07 22:48:00| Beef
Theres been a long and ongoing trend in U.S. politics toward polarization, which leads to the inability to debate issues, find common ground and reach a compromise. For those who watch politics, that trend is concerning. It appears the same trend is fully entrenched in the beef business as well. My View From The Country read more
A week is long time in Australian climate change politics
2013-10-25 08:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: It was the week where climate change roared back to the top of the national agenda, but not quite in the manner that advocates for rapid action to reduce emissions would have preferred. Tony Abbott and his environment minister, Greg Hunt, made strenuous efforts to downplay any connection between climate change and the New South Wales bushfires, only for the UN climate change chief, a former US vice-president, and even the government's own scientists to express their dissent. Here's a look back...
Canadian billionaire Stronach to end foray into Austrian politics
2013-10-23 23:15:36| Automakers - Topix.net
Austro-Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach is to retire from Austrian politics after a year-long adventure that culminated in a poor poll showing and the near self-destruction of his party.
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Pedantic politics
2013-10-18 18:55:56| Footwear - Topix.net
Playwright Kenneth Lin focuses his newest work, "Warrior Class," on the smarmy backroom of politics, where deals are made and careers smashed or launched.
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