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The War On Climate Change Won’t Be Won Quibbling Over The Green New Deal’s Costs
The Green New Deal unveiled last week by Sen
science / science - 5 years ago
The Green New Deal unveiled last week by Sen
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Damian Collins, the policy maker who spearheaded the inquiry, called for Parliament to create new laws to help a proposed regulator oversee the industry, with fines for companies to be calculated based on their revenue. “Companies like Facebook exer...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Researchers have discovered a group of rare owls thriving in a nature preserve near Los Angeles International Airport, according to a newspaper report Sunday.
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The vote pits President Muhammadu Buhari, in power since 2015, against former vice president Atiku Abubakar. Previous elections in Africa's biggest democracy and top oil producer have been marred by vote rigging, voter intimidation and post-election...
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Republicans trumpet the Green New Deal because they say the climate change plan is a losing proposition for Democrats.
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“We are there, every time people choose to do things,” said Masumi Minegishi, Recruit’s 55-year-old chief executive officer. As the biggest internet companies compete for world domination with apps that track consumers and use artificial intelligenc...
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While Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is refusing to allow in the food, medicine and other supplies, opposition leader and self-declared president Juan Guaido has vowed to move hundreds of tonnes of the aid into the country on Feb 23. Guaido, wh...
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The Haitian government vowed to deepen the investigation into alleged corruption in the PetroCaribe oil program and to reduce its expenses, seeking to meet some of protestors' demands as demonstrations roil the country. During a televised address on...
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Fossil hunters in Korea discovered long-dead spiders preserved in rock. And to the delight of scientists, the arachnids' eyes are still reflective -- some 110 million years after the creatures died. It's rare for insects and arachnids -- whic...
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Victoria Beckham looked back to the 1970s at London Fashion Week on Sunday, while Vivienne Westwood turned her catwalk into a stage to protest issues ranging from climate change to Brexit. In front of an audience including Beckham's husband David an...
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Russian lender Gazprombank has decided to freeze the accounts of Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA and halted transactions with the firm to reduce the risk of the bank falling under U.S. sanctions, a Gazprombank source told Reuters on Sunday. Whil...
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Innovative insulin pumps and promising drugs make these three companies worthy of investors' attention.
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Kicking off his tour of South Asia and China with a far higher Pakistan investment than expected, the crown prince said the $20 billion figure represents only the start of an economic tie-up that would bring the historic Muslim allies even closer. "...
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CAIRO (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has signed agreements with Pakistan worth $20 billion, Saudi-owned Arabiya TV quoted Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman as saying on Sunday. The crown prince arrived in Pakistan earlier on Sunday on the fir...