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Comfortable conservation and global warming
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
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-- John Kemp is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own -- Energy efficiency will have to make the single most-important contribution if policymakers are serious about limiting greenhouse gas emissions and dampening growing demand for fossil fuels. Energy efficiency will not remove the need to invest ...4 days ago -
Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 136
There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...1 week ago -
Jason Rogers Reporting from Italy: Men’s Epee and Women’s Saber Team Events Voted Out of 2012 London Olympics
Tim Morehouse —
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Olympic fencer Jason Rogers is in Palermo, Italy fencing in an exhibition at the FIE fencing congress. Today, he writes that the International Fencing Association has voted men’s epee and women’s saber team out of the 2012 Olympics in London.Fencing currently has 10 medals for a possible 12 events so each of ...1 week ago -
Mixed feelings in Chicago over Oprah end
Thaindian News —
Authority: 728
Washington, Nov 21 (ANI): Oprah Winfrey’s decision to end her talk show in 2011 has attracted mixed feelings from the people of Chicago, where the programme is shot.While some people believe it can affect local tourism and businesses in Chicago, others seem unconcerned about her departure from the city.The reason, ...1 week ago -
Olympic alternate Corrie Lothrop headed to Utah for gymnastics - The Salem News
Beijing 2008 Stadium —
Authority: 145
Olympic alternate Corrie Lothrop headed to Utah for gymnastics - The Salem News Olympic alternate Corrie Lothrop headed to Utah for gymnastics The Salem News One would think that being selected as an alternate for the United States Gymnastics Team in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing would ...1 week ago -
Chicago Mayor Sued Over Obama’s Involvement In Olympics Bid
NewsOne —
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From HuffingtonPost.com: A conservative watchdog group is suing Mayor Daley and the city for failing to turn over information about the Obama administration’s involvement in Chicago’s failed Olympic bid. The Washington, D.C.-based Judicial Watch filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit in Cook County ...2 weeks ago -
Brazil emerges from the blackout
Thaindian News —
Authority: 728
Rio De Janeiro, Nov 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Brazil suffered a major power outage that lasted for hours on end, and its major cities and nine states bore the brunt of it. Many residents feared that this power outage could be a major cause of concern from the security aspect for the country, which is [...]3 weeks ago -
Schumacher undoes Button in Race of Champions - RT
Beijing 2008 Stadium —
Authority: 145
Schumacher joined this season’s runner-up Sebastian Vettel and rally star Mikko Hirvonen, among plenty of other top flight drivers, at the main site of the 2008 Summer Olympics – the Bird’s Nest stadium. And the German legend showed he’s got Continue .. Rio and Brazil stand to benefit even more from ...3 weeks ago -
Asking a banker about the Olympics
Left field —
Authority: 500
Henrique Meirelles , Brazils highly rated central bank president, gave unusual insight into current thinking at the International Olympic Committee in a speech in Oxford the other night. Diverging from his main theme on Brazils remarkable journey from economic basket case to emerging market superpower, ...4 weeks ago -
Asking a banker about the Olympics
MacroScope —
Authority: 128
Henrique Meirelles , Brazil’s highly rated central bank president, gave unusual insight into current thinking at the International Olympic Committee in a speech in Oxford the other night. Diverging from his main theme on Brazil’s remarkable journey from economic basket case to emerging market superpower, ...4 weeks ago -
U.S. Olympics Rights Bids Won’t Come Until After Vancouver Games - Multichannel Online
Beijing 2008 Stadium —
Authority: 145
U.S. Olympics Rights Bids Won’t Come Until After Vancouver Games - Multichannel Online American media companies are going to have to wait until at least next year before they can enter bids for the TV rights to the 2014 and 2016 Olympics. International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge said the bidding for ...4 weeks ago -
IOC, Brazil to draw up plan of action for Rio 2016
Thaindian News —
Authority: 728
Rio de Janeiro, Oct 31 (DPA) Less than a month after Rio de Janeiro was chosen to host the 2016 Olympics, International Olympic Committee (IOC) representatives are meeting with Brazilian authorities to draw up a plan of action to prepare the Games.The two-day meeting started Friday at the traditional Copacabana Palace ...4 weeks ago -
Understanding the Complexities of the Drug Trade in Rios Favelas
Alterdestiny —
Authority: 482
Randy points us to this article in The Economist . The article does a great job explaining succinctly why A) there appears to be so much violence in Rio, and B) why its in the favelas, and not a city-wide event: "A further reason for Rio’s spectacular violence is that it has three large, competing drug ...5 weeks ago -
Chicago may be pretty rough but . . .
Orange Punch —
Authority: 144
. . . I haven’t heard recently about gangs bringing down a police helicopter. But that’s what happened in Rio de Janeiro, which “won” the 2016 Olympics over Chicago. It was cops shooting it out with drug gangs and it left about 25 people dead including three policemen. Of course, there’s an obvious ...5 weeks ago
