Canada is bracing for another "explosive" wildfire season after last year's marked the worst that Canadians have ever known, federal officials said Wednesday.
Environment
Apr 10, 2024
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Three Simon Fraser University scientists are engaging in a verbal battle with the federal government over its budget cuts and legislative changes in departments with environmental responsibilities, on a powerful stage.
Ecology
Jun 21, 2012
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(AP) -- JPMorgan Chase is letting Facebook users help decide how to give away $5 million.
Internet
Nov 18, 2009
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(AP)—IBM's stock fell more than 5 percent Wednesday, after the company reported disappointing third-quarter revenue and suggested that demand in key markets may be slowing.
Business
Oct 17, 2012
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Although it was Charles Darwin himself who more than a century ago voiced his intention to support a complete catalogue of all known plant species, such is yet to be realised. In the present paper, however, an international ...
Ecology
Feb 1, 2016
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One of the last things that Theresa May did before she left office as the UK prime minister in July 2019 was to commit the country to a net zero carbon target in 2050. Weaning the entire economy off carbon-based fuels on ...
Environment
Sep 16, 2019
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The Australian landscape soaked up one third of the carbon emitted by fossil fuels in Australia over the past twenty years, according to a new CSIRO study released last week.
Environment
Feb 20, 2013
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The latest crime figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) offer a grim outlook on the state of criminal justice in England and Wales. Almost as if to head off criticism, the bulletin starts: "Over recent decades, ...
Social Sciences
Oct 19, 2018
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A few days before the G20 summit in Cannes, economists from the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn, Germany, have proposed a global consolidation strategy of public finances. In a new IZA Policy Paper entitled ...
Economics & Business
Oct 31, 2011
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With long strained US-Cuban relations on the mend, Michigan State University has become the first US school offering medical students routine learning time in Cuban hospitals, MSU announced Wednesday.
Other
Oct 28, 2015
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