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Debate erupts in France over blocking online ads
2013-01-07 18:17:46| Telecom - Topix.net
France's Digital Economy minister said Monday she persuaded a top Internet access provider to stop its controversial policy of blocking online advertisements _ a move widely seen as an attack against Google but which has also struck fear among bloggers and online publishers.
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Fracking Debate on NY Moratorium
2013-01-07 14:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The controversial use of hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," that is behind the country`s natural gas boom has come under scrutiny in the new Hollywood drama, Promised Land, and met stiff resistance in New York state, where a four-year moratorium against the process could soon expire. Democracy Now! hosted a 30-minute debate on fracking with two opponents and two supporters. The discussion includes: Kate Hudson, watershed program director at Riverkeeper--New York`s Clean Water Advocate; Phelim...
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United States: Gas Drilling Far From Imminent, but Debate Roils Otsego County
2013-01-07 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: If Otsego County were Hollywood, then its debate over hydraulic fracturing, the contentious method of drilling for natural gas, would be resolved as it is in the movie Promised Land, which opened here over the weekend at the Southside Mall. That is, a good-looking representative of a villainous gas company would dupe the townspeople into selling him their mineral rights, only to repent after deciding that his employer was bad and fracking, as it is known, potentially worse. And this would win him...
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Rig Grounding Revives Debate Over Shells Arctic Drilling
2013-01-03 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: This weeks grounding of a rig off the coast of Alaska adds to a series of mishaps in Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDSA)s seven-year quest to tap the vast oil reserves of the Arctic and emboldened critics who say it cant be done safely. The drill ship Kulluk broke free of a tow boat in a storm Dec. 31 and remained upright though stranded last night on the coast of Sitkalidak Island, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of the town of Kodiak. The crew was evacuated and there were no signs the vessel...
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Doctors urged to join gun debate
2013-01-01 07:05:48| Biotech - Topix.net
The shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14 has compelled the editors of the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine to call on other physicians to become active participants in the discussion about gun violence and gun policy in this country.
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