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Students to push universities to ditch investments in fossil fuels
2015-04-21 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Students and academics will stage a coordinated push to persuade their universities to divest from fossil fuels on Wednesday, with rallies to be held on 15 campuses across Australia. The protests, organised by climate activist group 350.org across six states and territories, will see petitions containing thousands of signatures handed to university vice chancellors. The universities urged to ditch their holdings in fossil fuel companies include the University of Melbourne, the University of...
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US carbon emissions are rising again. Can Obama push them back down?
2015-04-21 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Vox: One of the most promising climate-change stories of the last decade was the steep plunge in US carbon dioxide emissions after 2005. Before then, US emissions had been rising relentlessly for decades. Suddenly, they were falling. That drop was partly due to the US fracking boom, which created a glut of cheap natural gas and spurred utilities to burn less coal for electricity. It was partly due to various clean-energy and efficiency measures. And it was partly making real progress on global warming....
Synacor survives push for control from dissident shareholders
2015-04-20 19:40:27| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
Synacor Inc. will remain under the control of the current management team and board, as a push for more control by dissident shareholders appears to have fallen short. The company held its annual board of directors meeting Monday, though reporters were not allowed to attend.
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Google's push to encrypt ads will improve security, but won't kill malvertising
2015-04-20 18:37:41| Wireless - Topix.net
Google plans to serve most of its ads over encrypted HTTPS connections by the end of June, a move that will protect against some ad hijacking attacks and will encourage website owners to enable encryption on their Web properties. However, malicious advertising attacks that direct users to Web-based exploits will still be possible and, because of the new encryption, it will be harder for security researchers to pinpoint their source.
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Systematic review of EV battery pack costs suggests economies of scale may push cost toward US$200/kWh without further cell chemistry improvements
2015-04-20 10:55:34| Green Car Congress
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