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Your privacy at risk: Verizon reportedly close to purchasing Yahoos Internet business
2016-07-22 22:55:53| Extremetech
A major report suggests that Verizon may be about to buy Yahoo's internet business. It's unwelcome news for anyone concerned with privacy, but a potentially great move for Verizon's bottom line.
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Canada: Risk of abandoned oil and gas wells rises in B.C
2016-07-22 21:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBC: Northeastern B.C. is now home to 45 abandoned oil and gas sites, according to the province's energy regulator. They're dubbed "orphan sites," abandoned by parent companies that go bust and take off before capping or cleaning up their wells, pipelines and facilities. But a scientist with the David Suzuki Foundation says there are literally thousands of abandoned sites in BC, some impacting local First Nations and farmers. 45 abandoned sites in B.C. -- or thousands? Companies that end production...
China: Green infrastructure minimizes flood risk
2016-07-22 08:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ECNS: Recent storms in China affecting especially cities along the Yangtze River and even in the northern part of the country show current water engineering approaches are not offering enough protection from flooding disasters. It is both the failure of local flood defense systems and the lack of effective river-basin-wide management that amplify flood disasters. Indeed, around the world, people have started realizing that cities need to reinvent themselves if they are to become resilient to the effects...
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BOEM tells offshore firms to comply with new financial and risk management requirements
2016-07-15 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has notified oil and gas companies with leases in the Gulf of Mexico to comply with new financial assurance and risk management requirements designed to protect taxpayers from the costs of decommissioni
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Florida tops nation in dangerous risk of heat and humidity, study finds
2016-07-12 23:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Miami Herald: As climate change warms the planet, you can bet Florida will feel the heat. The sunshine state, according to a study released Wednesday by Climate Central, tops the nation in the number of metro areas expected to see a dangerous combination of heat and humidity, driving heat index temperatures to 104 degrees. By 2050, all 13 cities on the list, including Miami, Tampa, Naples and Vero Beach, will see 100-plus days a year of the miserable mix that can cause a host of health problems and even...
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