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.
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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
Meet CW Seed: The CW's new platform for experimentation :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/_Kpcrr4QZXo/
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/
Turning the tables on cold callers :: A Leeds man is turning cold calls into profit by making marketing companies use his premium-rate line.
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Private patients 'paying too much' :: Most patients in UK private hospitals are paying more than they should for treatment because of a lack of local competition, an inquiry has found.
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Indian rupee tumbles further :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/bBrKkMSdCTo/
VIDEO: Factory site's £1bn town centre opens :: The first phase of a £1bn project to redevelop Longbridge's MG Rover factory site is unveiled in Birmingham.
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Three Remploy factories to close :: Three remaining Remploy factories in England and Wales are to close putting a total of 196 workers at threat of redundancy.
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