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Fighting climate change with nuclear energy

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Christian Science Monitor - Jun. 19 (Opinion) - Nuclear power is currently the only carbon-free energy source that can provide base load electricity, Stepp writes, a characteristic crucial to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions and fighting climate change. Next-generation nuclear energy offers even more productive strategies for reducing carbon emissions. ...

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What lies behind the power price increases in Australia?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By John Quiggin - Jun. 18 (Comment) - To explain the latest 20% rise of electricity cost in Queensland, look no further than the free market reforms kickstarted in the 1990s.

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Wheels Blog: University of Michigan Students Ready Solar Car for Australian Race

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By By RONALD AHRENS - Jun. 18 (Opinion) - Wheels Blog: University of Michigan Students Ready Solar Car for Australian Race

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China Sets New Rules Aimed at Curbing Air Pollution

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Keith Bradsher - Jun. 15 (Comment) - China Sets New Rules Aimed at Curbing Air Pollution

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As Obama moves forward on climate, he faces a tough political task

Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Juliet Eilperin - Jun. 15 (Opinion) - A pair of fundraisers just 90 minutes apart in the San Francisco Bay Area last week laid bare the competing forces of politics and policy that President Obama is grappling with as he prepares to unveil a slate of major initiatives on global warming in late June or in July. ...

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Syria death toll at least 93,000, says UN

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Jun. 13 () - At least 93,000 people have been killed in Syria since the start of the conflict, according to latest United Nations figures. This represents a rise of more than 30,000 since the UN last issued figures covering the period to November 2012.

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Egypt frets, fumes over Ethiopia’s Nile plan

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Griff Witte - Jun. 13 - GIZA, EGYPT — Since long before the Pyramids towered above the rich soil of this riverside town, Egyptians have given thanks to the muddy waters of the Nile. “Plants, animals, humans,” said Ibrahim Abdel Aziz, a 45-year-old farmer, “we all come from this river.” ...

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From Trafalgar to Taksim, the politics of the square puts the wind up power | Simon Jenkins

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

The Guardian - By Simon Jenkins - Jun. 12 (Comment) - Forget Field Marshal Twitter. What scares rulers like Turkey's Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are the street's wild squadrons Why does power hate a city square? A square fields no army, commands no votes, has nowhere to go. It is just a space. Yet it is space that invites occupation, an occupation hostile to power. Hence Turkey's president felt obliged yesterday to "recapture" Taksim Square in Istanbul. It had become an alternative seat of legitimacy, a place of defiance, an ugly gesture at his majesty. It took tanks, guns, gas and bulldozers, but cleared it had to be. Squares are civic holy places. Their geometry echoes to the ghosts of past uprisings, and holds promise of more to come. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had only to gaze on the turmoil of Cairo's Tahrir and recall Beijing's Tiananmen , Tehran's Azadi , Kiev's Independence and Athens's Syntagma . The very names must have called chaos to the colours and struck fear in the heart of power. A square in a capital city is a congress of the wild, a ...

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Out of India's Trash Heaps, More Than a Shred of Dignity

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Sarika Bansal - Jun. 12 (Opinion) - Opinionator | Fixes: Out of India's Trash Heaps, More Than a Shred of Dignity

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New York City Faces Increasing Risk From Climate Change, New Data Show