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Cold, hard truths of climate change are catching up with us

2013-08-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Morning Post: The discovery this month of a dead polar bear consisting of little more than a sad rug of skin and bones, lying on the earth at Svalbard far north into the Arctic, should be a worry, and a warning that precious life on earth is being threatened by thoughtlessness and the greed of powerful politicians and commercial interests. It is only going to get worse. The bear starved to death, a victim of the melting Arctic ice: it did not have the sea ice from which to hunt seals, so it had to wander far...

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Android tops U.S. smartphone sales, but iOS catching up

2013-07-29 14:06:27| CNET News.com

Apple's share of U.S. smartphone sales hit 42.5 percent for the three months ending June, a 3.3 rise from a year ago, says Kantar Worldpanel ComTech. [Read more]

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VIDEO: Local loyalty schemes catching on

2013-06-22 10:09:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Small chains and independent local stores are increasingly setting up their own loyalty schemes to attract and reward shoppers.

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Carbon pricing is catching on around the globe just not in Washington, D.C

2013-06-05 22:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Grist: More than 40 national governments and 20 states or other "sub-national" governments are now charging polluters for emitting greenhouse gases, or plan to start in the coming years, according to a new report from the World Bank. The U.S., of course, is not one of the countries with a national cap-and-trade plan or carbon tax, but California and parts of New England are pushing ahead despite Congress` refusal to act. All in all, about 7 percent of the world`s greenhouse gases are now priced -...

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