Leaders from over 190 nations will convene next month in Paris in hopes of negotiating an agreement to mitigate climate change. Unfortunately, last week, China released information that will only complicate the already daunting negotiations process. Since 2000, China has emitted almost a billion tons of carbon more per year than previously reported. The [...]
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Google goes political on Sochi Olympic Games with an Olympic-theme doodle; adds extremely rare below-the-fold text to its homepage:
“The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practicing sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a [...]
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It looks like Bill Gates has decided to take on one of Mother Nature’s most powerful weapons–hurricanes. Gates and a team of twelve others are listed as the inventors on five patent applications filed January 3, 2008. Those applications are directed to methods for preventing or controlling hurricanes by altering the temperature of surface water [...]
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