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Climate change role in cold snap triggers debate
2014-01-12 06:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Toledo Blade: North America's sudden fascination with the swirling, icy-cold air mass called the polar vortex has -- if nothing else -- expanded the meteorological vocabulary of millions of people, from late-night talk-show hosts tossing around their quips to ordinary people who share opinions on Facebook, Twitter, and other forms of social media. But it's also quietly opened up an ethical debate among mainstream scientists over how hard they should promote any and all possible links between climate change...
Senators look to revive climate debate in U.S. Congress
2014-01-09 13:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Two of the U.S. Senate's biggest environmental boosters have launched a drive to revive the issue of climate change in Congress and defend President Barack Obama's climate action plan against opposition from Republicans. Democratic senators Barbara Boxer of California and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island told reporters on Thursday they would launch a new climate action task force with more than a dozen members and the full support of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. The task force is likely...
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Debate rages over exporting America's oil
2014-01-08 03:10:22| Energy - Topix.net
Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski argued that the ban, put in place after the 1970s Arab oil embargo, doesn't makes sense given the current U.S. oil production boom.
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LinkedIn debate rages on standards
2014-01-07 00:00:00| Oil IT Journal - www.oilit.com
Real-world take-up of ISO 15926 and OPC-UA questioned and defended.
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Oil glut stirs debate over US crude exports
2014-01-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Houston Chronicle: As a new year dawns in the nation`s capital, the Obama administration and Congress find themselves grappling with a scenario that was unthinkable just a few years ago: What to do with the domestic oil flowing out of West Texas, North Dakota and other states? The climb in domestic crude production has created a dilemma for both lawmakers and the White House, who are facing new pressure from oil companies to relax the nation`s 38-year-old ban on exports of the unprocessed product. The current...
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