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Science – Climate change may provoke conflict between the European Union and Russia as Arctic ice melts, easing access to fossil-fuel deposits and opening new sea routes, the 27-nation bloc's top two foreign policy officials said.
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Voted for on March 17, 2008 01:36am
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Science – Why was this conference so underported ?
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Science – John McCain, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton all promise bold action on climate change . All have endorsed a form of cap-and-trade system that would severely limit future carbon emissions. The Democratic Congress is champing at the bit to act. So too is the Climate Action Partnership, a coalition of companies led by General Electric and Duke Energ
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Sunk on February 23, 2008 08:12am
Do No Evil – No one can deny that in recent years the need to "save the planet" from global warming has become one of the most pervasive issues of our time. As Tony Blair's chief scientific adviser, Sir David King, claimed it poses "a far greater threat to the world than international terrorism". But isn't it a somewhat one-sided debate?
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(telegraph.co.uk)
Sunk on February 21, 2008 11:43pm
Science – The supposed "global cooling" consensus among scientists in the 1970s - frequently offered by global-warming skeptics as proof that climatologists can't make up their minds - is a myth, according to a survey of the scientific literature of the era.
Science – Scientists studying Antarctic waters have filmed and captured giant sea creatures, like sea spiders the size of dinner plates and jelly fish with six meter (18 feet) tentacles.
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(reuters.com)
Voted for on February 20, 2008 07:50am
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Politics – WASHINGTON ââ;¬" The electrifying presidential campaign of Barack Obama faces a new challenge ââ;¬" a Minnesota man who claims he took cocaine in 1999 with the then-Illinois legislator and participated in homosexual acts with him. When his story was ignored by the news media, Larry
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Sunk on February 18, 2008 07:15pm
Gadgets & Tech – eBay sellers have been up in arms over the policy changes eBay announced in Jan. Fee restructuring, and particularly the inability of sellers to criticize buyers have incensed many sellers. This thread asks sellers to pledge to boycott eBay starting Monday, from Feb. 18th - 25th. At the time of this writing it has over 11,700 replies.
Religion – Religion of Peace Update Up to 17,000 women in Britain are being subjected to "honour" related violence, including murder, every year, according to police chiefs.
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Science – Charles Darwin was born 199 years ago today, and his theory aired publicly 149 years ago. Although a century-and-a-half's study has bolstered the theory's standing among scientists, some sections of society remain unconvinced and even hostile towards Darwinism, threatening to overshadow next year's celebrations.
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(newscientist.com)
Sunk on February 12, 2008 11:22pm
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Science – Not every scientist is part of Al Gore's mythical "consensus." Scientists worried about a new ice age seek funding to better observe something bigger than your SUV ââ;¬" the sun.
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Science – A scientist has invented an artificial tree designed to do the job of plants.
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Money – Improve your gas/petrol or diesel mileage, and save money. Then drop an octane level when you fill up, and save even MORE money. Meanwhile you're reducing harmful emissions 75% or more, giving global warming a whack.
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Sunk on February 12, 2008 02:39am
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Science – King penguins near the Antarctic may be on a perilous path to extinction as a result of global warming, new research suggests.
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