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Senate Leadership Rebuffs Cruz's Shutdown Threat Over Internet Control
2016-09-23 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld
It appears that the Senate is poised to quash a government shutdown threat from Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in spite of presidential candidate Donald Trump lending his support to his former primary opponent's cause. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., on Thursday filed a continuing resolution to fund the government without any language geared toward blocking the administration's IANA transition.
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375 top scientists warn of 'real, serious, immediate' climate threat
2016-09-21 12:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Yesterday, 375 of the worlds top scientists, including 30 Nobel Prize winners, published an open letter regarding climate change. In the letter, the scientists report that the evidence is clear: humans are causing climate change. We are now observing climate change and its affect across the globe. The seas are rising, the oceans are warming, the lower atmosphere is warming, the land is warming, ice is melting, rainfall patterns are changing and the ocean is becoming more acidic. These facts are...
The gig economy: Opportunity or threat?
2016-09-16 12:34:13| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Colm O'Regan looks at the growing number of people undertaking temporary, short-term work.
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Climate change threat
2016-09-12 01:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Himalayan Times: Climate change increases the severity of extreme weather events causing damage to property and livelihoods. Scientists warn that the worlds climate is changing because of rising greenhouse gas emissions that might end up warming the planet by well over 2 degrees. Nepal has already encountered some of the negative effects of global climate change. Its total GHG emission share is negligible compared to the global community. According to the National Communication Report prepared by the Government...
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Rice paddies raise methane threat
2016-09-10 10:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Directly seeding rice into fields rather than transplanting it into flooded paddies would dramatically reduce methane emissions and slow down climate change, according to scientists studying the staple crop. A number of experiments in Asia, particularly in the Philippines and Japan, show that a change in the way rice is grown would have considerable other benefits in saving water and improving yield. However, in Asia, which accounts for 90% of rice production, only a quarter of the crop is currently...
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