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United Arab Emirates: Global warming a threat to date palm industry, forum hears
2014-03-22 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gulf News: Global warming and the Red Palm Weevil could threaten the future of the date palm, researchers heard at a conference in Abu Dhabi. More than 50 papers and studies were discussed during the first day of the fifth International Date Palm Conference. Climate change plays a significant role in boosting agriculture. Around 40 per cent of the world population relies on agriculture for its livelihood and is likely to be severely affected by climate change. The most influential factors that might...
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Rising energy demand a threat to strained water supplies - U.N
2014-03-20 21:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Rising demand for energy, from biofuels to shale gas, is a threat to freshwater supplies that are already under strain from climate change, the United Nations said in a report on Friday. It urged energy companies to do more to limit use of water in everything from cooling coal-fired power plants to irrigation for crops grown to produce biofuels. "Demand for energy and freshwater will increase significantly in the coming decades," U.N. agencies said in the World Water Development Report. "This...
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Coke thrashes out EPA deal after $278,000 ammonia fine threat
2014-03-19 17:48:01| Beverages - Topix.net
Coke is brokering a settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency after it threatened a $278,000 fine for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at a Minute Maid plant in Michigan.
Proprietary firmware poses a security threat, Ubuntu founder says
2014-03-18 22:34:13| InfoWorld: Top News
Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution, believes proprietary and unverifiable firmware code poses a serious security threat to users and he encourages hardware manufacturers to implement support for their innovations through the Linux kernel instead. "If you read the catalogue of spy tools and digital weaponry provided to us by Edward Snowden, you'll see that firmware on your device is the NSA's best friend," Shuttleworth said Monday in a blog post.
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Airport points to threat in Air NZ alliance with Singapore
2014-03-18 20:11:22| Airlines - Topix.net
Auckland Airport is urging the Government to consider closely the threat posed to competition on the Auckland-Singapore route by the proposed strategic alliance between Air New Zealand and Singapore Airlines.
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