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US Moves Toward Teaching Climate Change; Britain Does the Opposite
2013-04-08 08:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: New science teaching standards in the United States will include extensive lessons on human-made climate change. Expected to be unveiled this week, the guidelines will bring the subject to classrooms in up to 40 states, in many cases for the first time. Eighth-grade pupils should understand that "human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earths mean surface temperature (global warming)," according to the Next...
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Comment - Wine - The UK: Land of... What's the Opposite of Plenty?
2013-02-05 15:52:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Just over two years ago, Chris Losh suggested that the UK was poised to lose its place as the most dynamic wine market in the world. This month, he suggests, things have gone from bad to worse, with no end to the grimness in sight.
Mattress Companies Select Comfort, Tempur-Pedic Head in Opposite Directions
2013-01-25 03:37:55| Furniture - Topix.net
Tempur-Pedic jumped nearly 18 percent after the company reported earnings Thursday.
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Canada: The Opposite of Mining: Tar Sands Steam Extraction Lessens Footprint, but Environmental Costs Remain
2013-01-02 06:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scientific American: The challenge of pulling oil from sand near here has typically required scraping away the boreal forest and underlying peat to expose the tar sand deposits below. The thickened sand is scooped out, then boiled to separate out the bitumen, with the leftover contaminated water and muck dumped in vast holding ponds the size of small lakes. From orbit the enormous strip mines and tailings lakes created by this process stand out, like a spreading sore--a scar on the planet evidencing the American thirst...
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