Climate scientists must not advocate particular policies | Tamsin Edwards :: I became a climate scientist because I care about the environment, but we have a moral obligation to be impartialAs a climate scientist, I'm under pressure to be a political advocate. This comes mainly from environmentalists. Dan Cass, wind-farm director and solar advocate, preferred me not to waste my time debating "denialist morons" but to use political advocacy to "prevent climate catastrophe".Jeremy Grantham, environmental philanthropist, urged climate scientists to sound a "more desperate note … Be arrested if necessary." A concerned member of the public judged my efforts at public engagement successful only if they showed "evidence of persuasion".Others ask "what should we do?" At my Cheltenham Science Festival event Can we trust climate models? one of the audience asked what we th...
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Colombia farm strike deal offered :: The Colombian government offers concessions to small-scale farmers on strike for more than a week, including better prices for their products.
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Merrill Lynch settles US race suit :: Brokerage giant Merrill Lynch agrees to pay $160m (£103.1m) to settle a race discrimination lawsuit with more than 1,200 employees, say lawyers.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23870879#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
How the truly smart home could finally become a reality :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/4srI7gssx08/
Need help with your Hadoop marketecture? Here are some open source icons :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/zZKlOaHemj8/
Patent scourge Intellectual Ventures reaches for more money, power :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/-Ew5OiFezSI/
BP loses second bid to halt payments :: BP loses a second attempt to suspend compensation payments over the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Bolt Not Worried About Failure At 2016 Olympics :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Usain Bolt is not worried about tarnishing his career by failing to retain his 100 and 200 meters Olympic titles in Rio de Janeiro in three years' time.</p>
<p>"In life you don't always get what you want," the Jamaican told Reuters television after visiting FIFA president Sepp Blatter at the headquarters of soccer's world governing body.</p>
<p>"It wouldn't be the greatest moment, but I would understand because I've had my time, I've been dominant for a long time."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/bolt-not-worried-about-failure-2016-olympics-1401417
South African Mining Still Troubled And Uncompetitive: Analysts Cite Regulatory Uncertainty, Labor Unrest :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>South Africa's profitable mining sector is still troubled and uncompetitive compared to global peers, according to research analysts and an industry survey.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/south-african-mining-still-troubled-uncompetitive-analysts-cite-regulatory-uncertainty-labor-unrest
Meet CW Seed: The CW's new platform for experimentation :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/_Kpcrr4QZXo/
Why India's Currency, The Rupee, Has Plummeted To A Record Low Against The Dollar :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>If India's currency were a baseball team it would be a cross between the basement-dwelling Houston Astros and the soon-to-be basement-dwelling New York Mets.</p>
<p>Since January the rupee has plunged 20 percent, and in the last three months it's dropped 13.1 percent, the biggest such decline in nearly 18 years. On Wednesday India's currency posted its biggest one-day drop ever and now sits at a record low against the dollar.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/why-indias-currency-rupee-has-plummeted-record-low-against-dollar-1401400
John Sculley-backed Audax Health nabs $20M to help people take healthier steps :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ESPphPVvnh8/
Should Dr. King's family be able to control his "I have a dream" speech? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/rEJKbk1AV3A/
Acid Rain Legacy: Increasing Alkaline Levels In US Rivers :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Acid rain was the environmental <em>cause celebre </em>of the 1980s and 1990s, but lately its spotlight has been usurped by newer concerns, like climate change and biodiversity. But its effects still linger in rivers and streams throughout the United States, researchers say in a new study.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/acid-rain-legacy-increasing-alkaline-levels-us-rivers-1401299
Syria threat rattles global oil markets :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8TYMkcdCmY0/index.html
Germany: Greece needs till 2022 :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/4ipbd05xahU/qmb-greek-debt-schaeuble-intv-1.cnn.html
Small loans help Indian women :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/eIHDW0TcbLE/kapur-india-rural-banking.cnn.html
Ryanair slapped over stake in rival :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/toaKrVLEKlQ/intv-ryanair-aer-lingus-decision.cnn.html
European markets at close: 28.08.2013 :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/CYuULDZbT94/
Carney says there could be more BoE stimulus, warns on jobs optimism :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/_ITkbySGhO0/
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