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Study Claims Supernovas Affect Cloud Formation, But Scientists Remain Skeptical
2017-12-21 17:01:26| Extremetech
A Danish team suggests that cosmic rays from a supernova can affect cloud cover, and thus, Earth's climate -- but many scientists remain unconvinced. The post Study Claims Supernovas Affect Cloud Formation, But Scientists Remain Skeptical appeared first on ExtremeTech.
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EU privacy regulators skeptical about Privacy Shield
2016-04-13 15:19:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) The EU's privacy regulators have expressed concerns about the proposed Privacy Shield agreement on data transfers in the US, saying its doesn't due enough to prevent mass surveillance of EU residents, reports Ars Technica. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels, the Chairman of the Article 29 Working Group, Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said that the privacy regulators are awaiting a forthcoming ruling by the EU Court of Justice on whether mass surveillance of citizens by intelligence services could be legal. If such surveillance is found unlawful, it would have a big impact on the national security exceptions included in the Privacy Shield. Falque-Pierrotin said that the data protection authorities also had concerns about the independence and effectiveness of the Privacy Shield ombudsperson, who will deal with complaints from Europeans about how their data has been used by US law enforcement, such as the NSA.
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GM Pitches New Product Strategy to Skeptical Investors
2016-01-30 21:32:06| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
General Motors Co. executives used to boast about how frequently the company redesigned cars and trucks.
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In climate debate, skeptical Congress is a world apart
2015-12-11 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The Paris talks had just reached the halfway point when a small band of climate skeptics made their stand at a hotel on the opposite side of town. With charts and slides, the group repeated a claim that is familiar to Washington but wildly out of sync with the discussions here: Man-made global warming is a fiction. To limit CO2 emissions is not only wasteful but also counterproductive, Fred Singer, a Virginia physicist and longtime critic of the scientific consensus on climate change, told the...
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Justices skeptical of Tyson Foods in class-action case
2015-11-10 18:47:37| Food - Topix.net
The Supreme Court appears likely to sustain a multimillion dollar judgment against Tyson Foods Inc. in a pay dispute with more than 3,000 workers at a pork-processing plant in Iowa.
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