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Chile Carbon Tax Coming Up This Week
2014-09-02 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Clean Technica: This week, the government of Chile holds a final vote on its first carbon taxation scheme, also the first in South America, a measure to make fossil fuel generators pay for emitting greenhouse gases. The Chile carbon tax is part of a larger program of wide-ranging tax revisions introduced by the countrys popular center-left president Michelle Bachelet, partly to enact social reforms promised in her recent election. Though Chile has the highest per capita income in South America (near $20,000),...
Nokia HERE Maps Coming to Samsung Gear S, Galaxy Phones
2014-08-29 22:36:56| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Nokia's HERE and Samsung have partnered to bring mapping and location services to the Gear S and Galaxy phones.
Beware, Detroit: Flood relief may not be coming
2014-08-29 09:27:49| Automakers - Topix.net
Detroiters who have had to replace flood-damaged equipment may not get much relief from the government, Beckmann writes.
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Apples iWatch is finally coming in September: Are you ready for the wearable revolution?
2014-08-28 16:46:40| Extremetech
After years of rumors, leaks, and false starts, it seems the stars are finally swinging into alignment this fall: Apple is now expected to unveil an iWatch smartwatch alongside its new large-screen iPhone 6 at an event on September 9. Presumably the iWatch would also be released alongside the iPhone 6, a week or two later. Previous rumors had pointed to an October unveil for the iWatch, but it seems Apple has moved it forward -- possibly in response to the Samsung Gear S, LG G Watch R, and the Moto 360, all of which will be released over the next month or two. Just as the iPhone and iPad popularized the smartphone and tablet, will the arrival of the iWatch signal the beginning of the wearable computing revolution?
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Australia: Drought and floods: what's coming next?
2014-08-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mail: The devastating floods in Queensland may be subsiding, but the weather pattern that caused it is not over - and Sydney could be in the firing line. Sydney's last major floods were in 1986 and 1988, said the Bureau of Meteorology. In the Liverpool region in 1986, water levels for the Georges River reached the major flood level of 4 metres while in the North Richmond area in 1986 and 1988, the Hawkesbury River peaked at 12.8 and 14.4 metres, high above the 11-metre major flood level. In 1986...
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