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Steve Duin: Yo, Charlie Hales! Politics are relational
2013-08-15 17:28:08| PortlandOnline
Steve Duin in The Oregonian, August 14, 2013
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Steelmakers and India: More Business Than Politics
2013-07-21 01:15:32| About Metals
Twice in the past week major steelmakers pulled out of agreements to construct steel plants in India. On Tuesday, the South Korean steelmaker POSCO announced that it was pulling out of a $5.3 billion project in the country's southern state of Karnataka. While, just three days later, the world's largest steelmaker ArcelorMittal SA announced it was scrapping plans for a US$ 12 billion project in Odisha....Read Full Post
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Tony Abbott's 100 dams policy is the Sharknado of Australian politics
2013-07-16 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A few days ago, if you are the twittering type, you probably would have noticed the #sharknado hashtag dominate your feed. Helped by the hype of scores of celebrities, including Mia Farrow and the late Glee star Cory Monteith, #sharknado made a massive online splash, but its ratings ultimately were a "bust", according to Bloomberg's Business Week. Sharknado, a movie apparently about sharks and tornados, was a direct to TV movie for the SyFy cable network, whose role is to fill the "ridiculously...
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Australia: The real politics behind a floating price on carbon
2013-07-14 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Starting a "floating" carbon price one year early is not such a big deal, really. The fact that every political party is screaming about it just proves how twisted the politics of this issue has become. For Kevin Rudd, it's a way to reboot a debate Labor has been comprehensively losing, and provide businesses and households with some very short term cost relief. The $3 billion or more the government now has to find in budget savings is the same amount business won't have to pay for carbon permits...
Democrat to Republicans: Climate Hearing Will Be on Science, Not Politics
2013-07-12 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hill: The Senate Environment Committees top Democrat is rejecting GOP calls to force Obama administration officials to defend the new White House climate plan at a hearing next week. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said Thursday that next weeks hearing will focus on climate science testimony from outside experts, but that federal officials would appear in the future. Im trying to keep politics out of this first hearing, and trying to focus in on non-political people who are scientists to give us...
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