News tagged with opposition
US rejects proposal to put Internet under UN control
US officials, lawmakers and technology leaders voiced firm opposition Thursday to efforts to bring the Internet under UN control, saying it could hurt free expression and commerce.
May 31, 2012 |
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Brisbane dam opposition fostered an 'unusual' alliance, researcher finds
Opposition to a major dam north of Brisbane divided communities and also brought them together, a researcher from The University of Queensland discovered.
May 15, 2012 |
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Feds, 5 states to push for Great Lakes wind farms
(AP) -- The Obama administration and five states have reached an agreement to speed up approval of offshore wind farms in the Great Lakes, which have been delayed by cost concerns and public opposition.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Mar 30, 2012 |
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Bulgaria moves to regulate online gambling
Bulgaria's parliament adopted on Thursday a new law to regulate online gambling for the first time, its press office said.
Mar 15, 2012 |
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Image of Jupiter from a ground-based telescope
(PhysOrg.com) -- This image of Jupiter and its moons Io and Ganymede was acquired by amateur astronomer Damian Peach on Sept. 12, 2010, when Jupiter was close to opposition. South is up and the "Great Red ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Mar 06, 2012 |
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HTML5 spec editor slams Google & gang's DRM bid
(PhysOrg.com) -- A draft proposal by Google, Microsoft and Netflix to introduce mechanisms for copy protection on web videos has generated strong opposition and a response that the proposal is "unethical." ...
Feb 25, 2012 |
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Teaching science to the religious? Focus on how theories develop
Vicious, winner-take-all competition in nature is an essential pillar of evolutionary theory, but it frequently describes the mindset people have about how, or whether, to teach the subject. Religious students sometimes come ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2012 |
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Poland freezes anti-piracy pact ratification
Poland's prime minister said Friday that Warsaw would put on ice plans to ratify a controversial international online anti-piracy accord after massive off-and-online protests in his country.
Feb 03, 2012 |
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SOPA, PROTECT IP will stifle creativity and diminish free speech, says WUSTL experts
Wikipedia and other sites go dark to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act under consideration in Congress. Three law professors from Washington University in St. Louis, Kevin Collins, Gregory Magarian ...
Jan 18, 2012 |
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Swiss nuclear shutdown to cost $22.5bn: study
Shutting down Switzerland's five nuclear power stations will cost about 20.7 billion Swiss francs (16.8 billion euros, $22.5 billion) and take about 20 years, Swiss authorities said on Thursday.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Appeals court overturns key Cape Wind clearance
(AP) -- A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the Federal Aviation Administration's ruling that Cape Wind's turbines present no danger for local air traffic.
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Oct 29, 2011 |
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Myanmar suspends dam project after rare outcry
Myanmar's president on Friday ordered a halt to construction of a controversial $3.6 billion mega dam following rare public opposition to the Chinese-backed hydropower project.
Sep 30, 2011 |
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Study shows link between working memory and reactive parenting
Any parent knows that sometimes maintaining your cool with misbehaving children is a challenge. We all have times when we get frustrated or angry and lash out at someone without thinking. A new study by psychologists at ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Public attitudes to nanotechnology: Lessons for regulators
New technologies may change our lives for the better, but sometimes they have risks. Communicating those benefits and risks to the public, and developing regulations to deal with them, can be difficult -- particularly if ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Google willing to share digital books with rivals
(AP) -- Google will let other online companies sell its digital copies of out-of-print books if a class-action settlement with U.S. authors and publishers wins court approval.
Sep 10, 2009 |
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