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Fracking for natural gas being powered by it, too
2013-01-20 12:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: Advances in hydraulic fracturing technology have powered the American natural gas boom. And now hydraulic fracturing could be increasingly powered by the very fuel it has been so successful in coaxing up from the depths. Oil- and gas-field companies from Pennsylvania to Texas are experimenting with converting the huge diesel pump engines that propel millions of gallons of water, sand and chemicals thousands of feet down well bores to break apart rock or tight sands and release the natural gas trapped...
Don't let Maryland get all the Triple M lamb! Here's how to buy it
2013-01-19 20:08:09| Beverages - Topix.net
Want to try the lamb chops that Governor John Hickenlooper sent to Maryland Governor John O'Malley after losing a bet on the Broncos/Ravens game? Mary and David Miller, owners of Triple M Bar Ranch , will be in Boulder on Saturday, January 26, delivering meat to chefs -- and while they're parked at the Boulder Cork lot that afternoon, you can buy ... (more)
Don't let Maryland get all the Triple M lamb! Here's how to buy it
2013-01-19 12:15:43| Food - Topix.net
Want to try the lamb chops that Governor John Hickenlooper sent to Maryland Governor John O'Malley after losing a bet on the Broncos/Ravens game? Mary and David Miller, owners of Triple M Bar Ranch , will be in Boulder on Saturday, January 26, delivering meat to chefs -- and while they're parked at the Boulder Cork lot that afternoon, you can buy ... (more)
Why Climate Change Legislation Failed -- And What to Do About It
2013-01-17 18:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Theda Skocpol has written an immense study of why the 2010 climate bill failed. I haven't read it yet, but Brad Plumer talked to her yesterday and got the nutshell version: climate hawks had a really bad legislative strategy: BP: So around 2007, Republicans were becoming more skeptical of climate policy. Yet the main climate strategy in D.C. was to craft a complex cap-and-trade bill amenable to businesses like BP and DuPont in the hopes that those companies would bring in Republican votes. TS:...
Privilege management could cut data breaches -- if it were used
2013-01-16 17:00:25| InfoWorld: Top News
It is well established that human error, ignorance and/or malice are more of a threat to online enterprise security than flaws in technology. An employee who falls victim to phishing or puts an infected USB drive into a workstation can let an attacker easily defeat the best security system. But experts say technology can at least partially trump those human weaknesses. It just has to be deployed, and deployed properly.
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