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Indonesia: Supreme Court Could Open Door for Exxon to Face Trial on Human Rights Allegations
2013-04-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Dallas Morning Herald: Even in the distilled legal narrative of a court filing, the allegations are chilling. In August 2000, an Indonesian man identified only as John Doe II was thrown into a truck, taken to a military camp, and severely beaten and tortured using electricity all over his body, including his genitals. After three months of torture, the court papers said, his captors took off his blindfold, took him outside the building where he had been detained and showed him a large pit where there was a large...
Canada: Alberta, Industry Face Wide Gap on Carbon Tax
2013-04-09 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Alberta's energy industry is pushing for carbon taxes half as high as what government has proposed, with oil sands companies lobbying for less stringent goals that would leave the province short of meeting its emissions goals. The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has suggested the province target a 20-per-cent reduction in per-barrel emissions, and a $20-per-tonne tax on those unable to comply, according to a provincial document. That falls well short of an Alberta proposal for oil...
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Obama's energy, environment picks face Senate grilling this week
2013-04-08 11:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama's picks to lead energy and environmental policy face scrutiny this week as Senate panels try to tease out details of the administration's agenda, which had been maligned by Republicans and some Democrats during Obama's first four years. Both nominees are Massachusetts natives with Washington experience. Nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz, Obama's nominee for energy secretary, will appear before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Tuesday. On Thursday,...
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Ex-HBOS directors 'face City ban'
2013-04-07 00:26:41| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Business Secretary Vince Cable starts formal proceedings which could lead to three former HBOS directors being banned from serving as company directors, the BBC understands.
Does Facebook's new 'Home' put too much Facebook in your face? (podcast)
2013-04-04 19:28:06| CNET News.com
Facebook's new Home software on Android means still more ways to interact with people whom you're not actually with at the time. Is that always a good thing? [Read more]
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