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Fighting flab ... with Coca-Cola
2013-07-24 11:48:28| Beverages - Topix.net
COLA says they can be part of the solution to obesity and will do so by displaying nutritional information on vending machines.
The war on coal Obama isn't fighting
2013-07-21 14:34:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nation: As the pending decision on the Keystone XL pipeline dominates the climate focus in the United States, an even bigger carbon bomb is ticking quietly in a remote region of the American West. Big Coal and Republican lawmakers are pushing to expand mining operations on federal lands in the Powder River Basin, which straddles eastern Montana and Wyoming and holds the bulk of the country's coal stocks. If they're successful, railways in the Pacific Northwest will soon transport an annual cargo bound...
Fighting Fire With Fire: Why Some Burns Are Good For Nature
2013-07-21 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Wildfire was once essential to the American West. Prairies and forests burned regularly, and those fires not only determined the mix of flora and fauna that made up the ecosystem, but regenerated the land. When people replaced wilderness with homes and ranches, they aggressively eliminated fire. But now, scientists are trying to bring fire back to the wilderness, to recreate what nature once did on its own. One place they're doing this is Centennial Valley, in southwestern Montana. Rimmed...
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Sen. Ramsey: New gun law's 'muddied waters' probably means future fighting
2013-07-15 14:07:48| Chemicals - Topix.net
Tennessee employers, public and private, are declaring that the state's "guns in parking lots" law, which took effect July 1, does nothing to change policies prohibiting their employees from bringing weapons onto their property, even if they have a handgun carry permit.
Fighting Global Warming: focussing on temperature is not enough
2013-07-09 15:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: So far, international climate targets have been restricted to limiting the increase in temperature. But if we are to stop the rising sea levels, ocean acidification and the loss of production from agriculture, CO2 emissions will have to fall even more sharply. This is demonstrated by a study published in Nature that has been carried out at the University of Bern. The ultimate objective of international climate policy is to prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system. To do...
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