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BT ad gets into a muddle about the net
2016-02-15 19:34:52| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
An advert published by the UK's leading broadband provider mistakenly credits the UK as being the internet's creator.
Why the Paris climate deal doesnt depend on the US
2016-02-15 17:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Youd be forgiven for thinking the fate of a UN climate deal hinges on whether the US wants to play ball. The Supreme Courts decision last week to temporarily delay implementation of President Barack Obamas flagship climate policy was greeted with panic by green groups and delight by climate sceptics. Whatever happens between now and the end of 2016 is, to a degree, academic. The courts may give the Clean Power Plan a pass, but a Republican president would likely try and kill it on entering...
Scalias passing starts a court fight for the ages
2016-02-14 12:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In most presidential elections, Supreme Court nominations are a major issue for elites and a substantial concern for significant parts of the conservative movement. Other voters usually see the future makeup of the court as a side matter, or not essential to their decisions at all. Justice Antonin Scalias death on Saturday will change this. The issue of conservative judicial activism had already begun to take hold among liberals because of a series of fiercely ideological and precedent-shattering...
A Look Back: Justice Scalia on CO2 and Why the E.P.A. Isnt the Atmospheric Protection Agency
2016-02-14 00:51:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Tens of thousands of words will flow in the coming days on the significance of the life and death of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia at a Texas resort. Adam Liptak leads Times coverage here. His death came just a few days after an unprecedented move by the court put a roadblock in the way of President Obamas Clean Power Plan regulating carbon dioxide from power plants. (David Doniger of the Natural Resources Defense Council does a good job here of dissecting the meaning of the stay in the...
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How To Clean Up All That Plastic In The Oceans
2016-02-13 23:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: So it's not exactly beach weather on the East Coast but in parts of the country, it is. Think about how many times you've walked along the beach and been disgusted by the mounds of plastic. You're not alone. By the year 2050, the world's oceans will have as much plastic as fish. That's according to researcher Nicholas Mallos from the nonprofit advocacy group, Ocean Conservancy. The group's work was cited recently at the Davos World Economic Forum in Switzerland. Mallos says...
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