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Resetting the Theory of Time	17.5.2013	NPR: Talk of the Nation
Generations of physicists have claimed that time is an illusion. But not all agree. In his book Time Reborn: From the Crisis in Physics to the Future of the Universe, theoretical physicist Lee Smolin argues that time exists--and he says time is key to understanding the evolution of the universe.
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Best of the Web Today: What Would Bulworth Do?	17.5.2013	Wall St. Journal: Opinion
Barack Obama's bizarre movie idol.
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Food supply under assault as climate heats up	16.5.2013	MSNBC
Food supply under assault as climate heats up
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Go Fish (Somewhere Else): Warming Oceans Are Altering Catches	15.5.2013	NPR News
Fish are moving away from the equator and toward the poles in order to maintain their preferred water temperature. That means, for example, that fishermen are seeing swordfish normally found in the Mediterranean swimming near Denmark. But in the tropics, there are no fish to replace the ones that are leaving.
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Alaska's erosion accelerated by climate change	15.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Warmer temperatures, heavy rain, flooding, sea-level rise and retreating sea ice are stealing the ground from beneath Alaskans' feet Guardian US interactive team Greg Chen Gabriel Dance Feilding Cage Suzanne Goldenberg
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Griff Rhys-Jones ignores the fact that someone has to live near solar farms \| Jeremy Leggett	15.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Comedian opposes Tattingstone solar farm but it's not clear how he'd keep the lights on and tackle climate change In opposing a solar farm near his home in Suffolk , Griff Rhys-Jones makes the point that the government is struggling with its energy policy, and has made a "willy nilly" decision to allow such developments. I feel like saying to Griff, look we need lots of solar, and it's got to be near someone. The government is indeed struggling with its energy policy. So are most if not all other governments. Many countries live with the threat of their lights going out. All countries live with the threat of unchecked climate change. For we are en route both to recurrent energy crisis and to six degrees of global warming, unless we accelerate the deployment of low carbon technologies like solar. One of the reasons governments are struggling so badly is that there are no free lunches with energy. All forms of energy have downsides, somewhere. All of them have their opponents, as well as ...
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Climate change brings disease threat for polar bears	15.5.2013	New Scientist: Health
Climate change brings disease threat for polar bears
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Green Column: Clean Energy Learns to Compete	15.5.2013	NY Times: Business
Green Column: Clean Energy Learns to Compete
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Food industry should audit supply chains, say waste campaigners	15.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Householders are being 'unfairly blamed' for the UK's food waste when the industry generates half of the annual 20m tonnes The food industry should be forced to audit its supply chains regularly to cut down on the amount of food being thrown away, according to waste campaigners. The group This is Rubbish (TiR) called for more transparency in the system, claiming that householders are being unfairly blamed for the UK's food waste when the industry generates over half of the 18-20m tonnes food wasted every year. An estimate in January by the UK's Institution of Mechanical Engineers put the amount of food wasted worldwide each year at up to 2bn tonnes, or half of what is produced. TiR's report, published on Tuesday, Counting What Matters, said there is more support for audits from the industry than previously believed, although there were concerns about who would bear the cost, and about practicalities. Food industry experts and insiders interviewed by the authors mostly cited ...
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Wind farms get pass on eagle deaths	15.5.2013	Salt Lake Tribune
by Dina Cappiello The Associated Press Published May 14, 2013 08:24PM MDT Converse County, Wyo. • Wind farms in this corner of Wyoming have killed more than four dozen golden eagles since 2009, one of the deadliest places in the country of its kind. But so far, the companies operating industrial-sized turbines here and elsewhere that are killing eagles and other protected birds have yet to be fined or prosecuted - even though every death is a criminal violation. The Obama administration has charged oil companies for drowning birds in their waste pits, and power compa... ...
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World Bank rethinks stance on large-scale hydropower projects	14.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Despite their disruption, can dams help the organisation work towards ending poverty while keeping carbon emissions down? The World Bank is making a major push to develop large-scale hydropower, something it had all but abandoned a decade ago but now sees as crucial to resolving the tension between economic development and the drive to tame carbon use. Major hydropower projects in Democratic Republic of the Congo , Zambia , Nepal and elsewhere – all of a scale dubbed "transformational" to the regions involved – are part of the bank's fundraising drive among wealthy nations. Bank lending for hydropower has scaled up in recent years, and officials expect the trend to continue. Such projects were shunned in the 1990s, in part because they can be disruptive to communities and ecosystems. But the World Bank is opening the taps for dams and related infrastructure as its president, Jim Yong Kim, tries to resolve a quandary at the bank's core: how to eliminate poverty while adding as little as ...
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Politics and climate change go hand-in-hand	14.5.2013	Guardian: Environment
Though Sarah Palin has reversed her policy since she was governor, it is undeniable that Alaska is changing fast Guardian US interactive team Feilding Cage Gabriel Dance Richard Sprenger Suzanne Goldenberg
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Two environmental milestones worth noting	14.5.2013	Seattle Times: Opinion
Virtually all of the scientific community is in agreement on the global path toward major climate change. Even the handful of climate-change deniers will want to note the news out of Mauna Loa, Hawaii. The New York Times last Friday reported researchers atop the volcano on the Big Island measured a
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To save the planet, chow down on a caterpillar	14.5.2013	New Scientist: Opinion
To save the planet, chow down on a caterpillar
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US windfarms avoiding prosecution for eagle deaths	14.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
More than 83,000 hunting birds are killed by windfarms each year but no wind energy company has been fined The Obama administration has never fined or prosecuted a windfarm for killing eagles and other protected bird species, shielding the industry from liability and helping keep the scope of the deaths secret, an Associated Press investigation has found. More than 573,000 birds are killed by the country's windfarms each year, including 83,000 hunting birds such as hawks, falcons and eagles, according to an estimate published in March in the peer-reviewed Wildlife Society Bulletin . Each death is federal crime, a charge that the Obama administration has used to prosecute oil companies when birds drown in their waste pits, and power companies when birds are electrocuted by their power lines. No wind energy company has been prosecuted, even those that repeatedly flout the law. Wind power, a pollution-free energy intended to ease global warming, is a cornerstone of President Barack ...
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Richard Benyon vows to drive through 'ambitious' EU fishing reforms	14.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
UK fisheries minister says he will refuse any deal that goes against three key principles at key meeting in Brussels Richard Benyon, the UK's fisheries minister, has vowed to drive "ambitious and radical reform" of the EU's common fisheries policy at a key meeting in Brussels this week. In an interview with the Guardian, he listed three main goals for the UK – to ensure that a new proposal for fishing to be carried on strictly within a "maximum sustainable yield" that would be legally binding; a ban on the discarding of edible fish at sea, and a devolution of key aspects of managing fishing quota to member states, instead of being controlled entirely from Brussels. This week's tense meeting , which follows more than two years of negotiations over the management of the EU's dwindling fish stocks , will not reach a conclusion until late on Tuesday night or some time on Wednesday morning, the European commission warned. Once a common position has been agreed, more talks will follow next week ...
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UN discusses role of technology for sustainable development (Cached)	14.5.2013	New Kerala: World News
New York, May 14 : Senior United Nations officials, policymakers, civil society representatives and other stakeholders gathered Monday at UN Headquarters in Here for a special Economic and Social Council forum on mobilizing science, technology and innovation for sustainable development.
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UN urges: Eat more insects! (Seriously)	14.5.2013	MSNBC
UN urges: Eat more insects! (Seriously)
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UN: Eat more insects; good for you, good for world	13.5.2013	Star Tribune: Latest
The latest weapon in the U.N.'s fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now.
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UN urges world to eat insects to fight hunger (Cached)	13.5.2013	CNN-IBN: World
The latest weapon in the UN's fight against hunger, global warming and pollution might be flying by you right now. Edible insects are being promoted as a low-fat, high-protein food for people, pets and livestock. According to the UN, they come with appetizing side benefits: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions and livestock pollution, creating jobs in developing countries and feeding the millions of hungry people in the world.
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