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Offshore drilling plans pose threat to New Zealands seabirds says report
2014-05-27 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
New Zealand has more threatened seabird species than anywhere else in the world and the planned deepwater oil and gas drilling may drive them to extinction, according to a new report by Forest & Bird.
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With the Internet of things, smart buildings pose big risk
2014-05-13 17:29:04| InfoWorld: Top News
In an Internet of things (IoT) world, smart buildings with web-enabled technologies for managing heat, lighting, ventilation, elevators and other systems pose a more immediate security risk for enterprises than consumer technologies. The increasing focus on making buildings more energy efficient, secure and responsive to changing conditions is resulting in a plethora of web-enabled technologies. Building management systems are not only more tightly integrated with each other, they are also integrated with systems outside the building, like the smart grid.
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COLUMN-China's grain trader deals pose a threat to 'ABCDs': Maguire
2014-04-04 15:46:50| Agriculture - Topix.net
The largest players in the global agriculture trading industry are likely to be cut out of a growing share of world crop trade following the recent move by China's trading arm COFCO to acquire majority stakes in Nidera and Noble Group Ltd's agriculture businesses.
Mysterious new man-made gases pose threat ozone layer
2014-03-09 19:09:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Scientists have identified four new man-made gases that are contributing to the depletion of the ozone layer. Two of the gases are accumulating at a rate that is causing concern among researchers. Worries over the growing ozone hole have seen the production of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases restricted since the mid 1980s. But the precise origin of these new, similar substances remains a mystery, say scientists. Lying in the atmosphere, between 15 and 30km above the surface of the Earth,...
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Report: Aging nuclear power plants in Europe pose increased risk
2014-03-06 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: A new report says Europes fleet of nuclear power plants pose an increasing risk to millions of Europeans as the facilities age, and as governments decide to extend the operation of plants beyond their originally intended lifetimes. The nearly 150-page report, commissioned by Greenpeace, synthesizes the research of eight European nuclear energy experts. It concludes that because of Europes heavy dependence on nuclear energy, governments are likely to extend plant operations 20 years or more past...
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