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Pivoting the climate debate from oil to coal

2014-12-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New Yorker: Early on in the furious battle over the Keystone XL pipeline, a new slogan began to appear at rallies: Keystone XL = Game Over for Climate. That phrase, game over for the climate, originated in a May, 2012, Times Op-Ed, by James Hansen, who was at the time NASAs most prominent climatologist. Hansen has said many times that he was misquoted--he was referring to the full development of the Alberta oil sands, not the pipeline per se. Nonetheless, the equation with Keystone stuck. The exploitation...

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Obama jumps into the Net Neutrality debate

2014-11-30 18:15:50| Telecom - Topix.net

Earlier this month, President Barack Obama added his voice to the nearly 4 million people who have urged the Federal Communications Commission to preserve the open Internet and protect free speech online. The president's statement was a clear, concise directive on how the FCC should handle the question of Net Neutrality - the principle that prevents Internet service providers from blocking or interfering with online traffic by creating "fast lanes" for a few powerful companies while relegating the rest of us to a slower tier of service.

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NY Gov. Cuomo AbstainsGlobal Warming 'Debate'

2014-11-26 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Capital New York: Governor Andrew Cuomo frequently sounds the alarm about the new normal of extreme weather. He's talked about it in the aftermath of Hurricanes Sandy, Irene and Lee as he toured flooded villages and destroyed homes and roads, and during last year's snowstorms and extended cold snap. But while he acknowledges changing weather patterns, which politicians on both sides of the aisle have done for years, he's always careful not to link those changes to human-caused global warming. Cuomo, thus far...

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Debate: Should Physician-Assisted Suicide Be Legal?

2014-11-21 02:28:23| Jewelry - Topix.net

Bioethicist Peter Singer argues that, under certain circumstances, people should have the right to die at a time of their choosing. Samuel La Hoz/Intelligence Squared U.S. hide caption Bioethicist Peter Singer argues that, under certain circumstances, people should have the right to die at a time of their choosing.

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