Dreams of highly subsidized municipal wireless Internet access aren’t dead, but a string of failed…
Month: May 2008
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Indian company snaps merger talks MTN Group (AP)
AP – An Indian telecommunications company has called off merger talks with South Africa’s largest…
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Antarctic challenge for chess ace
Ex-world chess champion Boris Spassky takes on a scientist in Antarctica and 19 other challengers.
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Japan pushes its ‘sectoral’ approach in climate talks
Agence France-Presse: Japan’s environment minister on Sunday urged wider support for a “sectoral” approach on…
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G-8 ministers move toward emissions goal
Associated Press: Environment chiefs from several top industrial countries neared agreement Sunday on cutting greenhouse…
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Warm winds comfort climate change models: study
Agence France-Presse: Climate change models predicting a dangerous warming of the world’s atmosphere got a…
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Top off Exxon Mobil’s greed
Houston Chronicle: No doubt the Exxon Mobil annual shareholders’ meeting on Wednesday will open with…
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Ohio requires 25% renewable or advanced energy by 2025
Stockhouse: Ohio Governor Ted Strickland recently approved a bill that will require the state’s utilities…
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G8 Environment Ministers Push for Post-Kyoto Agreement
Deutsche Welle: Environment ministers from the seven largest industrial nations and Russia continued talks Sunday,…
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Don’t want to release your CO2? Bury it
Agence France-Presse: With planet Earth engaged in a heated race against global warming, “carbon capture…