Rogers has promised to stop "throttling" internet traffic on its network by the end of this year, in response to an investigation by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.
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Rogers promises to end internet throttling
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Hubble images reveal galaxy similar to Milky Way
Hubble images reveal galaxy similar to Milky Way
The Hubble Space Telescope has taken a picture of a barred spiral galaxy ? a galaxy similar to our own and expected to give astronomers a better insight into the Milky Way.
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Life on Mars unlikely on dry surface
Life on Mars unlikely on dry surface
Mars has been arid for more than 600 million years, making the planet's surface too dry and hostile to support any life, according to new research based on soil analysis.
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Anonymous hacks police websites worldwide
Anonymous hacks police websites worldwide
Hackers have taken over the websites of several law enforcement agencies worldwide in attacks attributed to the collective called Anonymous, including in Boston and in Salt Lake City, where police say personal information of confidential informants and tipsters was accessed.
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Social media users post ads for profit
Social media users post ads for profit
PowerVoice, a peer-to-peer marketing platform, has been gaining popularity since its launch in December. The site allows social media users to get paid for recommending brands and products. What do you make of this concept?
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Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?
Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?Independent: The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest influence. A dramatic loss of sea ice covering the Barents and Kara Seas above northern Russia could explain why a chill Arctic wind has engulfed much of Europe and killed 221 people over the past week. The death toll from Arctic blast has been particularly severe in the Ukraine, where many of the dead have been people... -
Indonesia to create the world's largest palm oil and rubber company
Indonesia to create the world's largest palm oil and rubber companyMongabay: The Indonesian government plans to create a massive plantation firm next month when it will combine the assets of state-owned rubber and palm oil companies, reports Reuters. The new corporation, which will be consolidated under the parent company PT Perkebunan Nusantara III, will have assets worth $5.6 billion, according to State Enterprises Minister Dahlan Iskan. It will own about million hectares of oil palm and rubber plantations, rivaling Malaysia?s Sime Darby and Singapore?s Wilmar among... -
Zoos tighten security as threat of animal poaching grows
Zoos tighten security as threat of animal poaching growsGuardian: Opening the door to the animal house, passing a rhino on the way and patting the giraffe inside, Sarah Forsyth points out small white boxes that dot the walls. "Everywhere you look there's a detector or a motion sensor," she says, chuckling in front of one that presented the security firm with a peculiarly zoo-specific problem. "These are the ones the giraffe were licking." She can laugh about it now, but two months ago, when Colchester zoo decided to put in place the £300,000 alarm system, Forsyth's... -
How the Sierra Club Took Millions From the Natural Gas Industry?and Why They Stopped
How the Sierra Club Took Millions From the Natural Gas Industry?and Why They StoppedTime: Mainstream environmental groups have struggled to find the right line on shale natural gas and the hydraulic fracturing or fracking process. Gas has a much smaller carbon footprint than coal--according to most scientists--and produces far fewer air pollutants. That was enough for many major green groups to give support to gas as a "bridge fuel" to a cleaner energy future--the next best domestic alternative to coal as an electricity source while alternatives like wind and solar scaled up. But for... -
'Arctic Oscilliation' Responsible For Mixed Winter Weather
'Arctic Oscilliation' Responsible For Mixed Winter WeatherNational Public Radio: For snow fans in the contiguous US, this winter has left much to be desired. The warm and mild season in the lower 48 and the wild snow dumps and cold weather up north in Alaska can be blamed largely on a weather pattern called "arctic oscillation." Audie Cornish gets an explanation of the weather phenomenon from meteorologist Jeffrey Masters.
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Global extinction: Gradual doom is just as bad as abrupt
Global extinction: Gradual doom is just as bad as abruptAround 250 million years ago, most life on Earth was wiped out in an extinction known as the "Great Dying." Geologists have learned that the end came slowly from thousands of centuries of volcanic activity. -
A battle of the vampires, 20 million years ago?
A battle of the vampires, 20 million years ago?They are tiny, ugly, disease-carrying little blood-suckers that most people have never seen or heard of, but a new discovery in a one-of-a-kind fossil shows that "bat flies" have been doing their noxious business with bats for at least 20 million years. -
Parasites or not? Transposable elements in DNA of fruit flies may be beneficial
Parasites or not? Transposable elements in DNA of fruit flies may be beneficialMany living organisms suffer from parasites, which use the hosts? resources for their own purposes. The problem of parasitism occurs at all levels right down to the DNA scale. Genomes may contain up to 80% ?foreign? DNA but details of the mechanisms by which this enters the host genome and how hosts attempt to combat its spread are still the subject of conjecture. Nearly all organisms contain pieces of DNA that do not really belong to them. -
Scientists coax shy microorganisms to stand out in a crowd
Scientists coax shy microorganisms to stand out in a crowdScientists have advanced a method that allowed them to single out a marine microorganism and map its genome even though the organism made up less than 10 percent of a water sample teeming with many millions of individuals from dozens of identifiable groups of microbes. -
Google Earth ocean terrain receives major update: Data sharpen resolution of seafloor maps, correct 'discovery' of Atlantis
Google Earth ocean terrain receives major update: Data sharpen resolution of seafloor maps, correct 'discovery' of AtlantisInternet information giant Google updated ocean data in its Google Earth application this week, reflecting new bathymetry data assembled by researchers from around the world. The newest version of Google Earth includes more accurate imagery in several key areas of ocean using data collected by research cruises over the past three years.
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Better subsea power connection systems will help tidal energy expand renewable potential
Better subsea power connection systems will help tidal energy expand renewable potentialIt is believed that advancements made in the subsea power processing will directly benefit power connection systems for renewable energy devices. -
The challenges in creating an effective supply chain for tidal energy device design and deployment
The challenges in creating an effective supply chain for tidal energy device design and deploymentDoes finance distract tidal technology companies from issues associated with device design? How can one visualise the various elements of a device to be eventually manufactured at full size from day one? Explore these and a number of other critical issues in the forthcoming 3rd International Tidal Energy Summit 2009 -
Pioneers make the cut
Pioneers make the cutWe evaluate innovative carbon cutting steps by BT, MandS, Cadbury and Nestle -
US climate policy: Critics fail to see the bigger picture
US climate policy: Critics fail to see the bigger pictureWaxman-Markey is not perfect, but it is a significant step forward, says the Climate Group -
Markey-Waxman Bill passes House, but Senate looms large
Markey-Waxman Bill passes House, but Senate looms largeAfter narrowly passing in the US House of Representatives, the Markey-Waxman climate bill now heads to the Senate, where it faces long odds of getting through to President Barack Obama
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Environmental news - month in review: setbacks for the palm oil industry, climate outlook darkens
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Majority of Andes' biodiversity hotspots remain unprotected
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New meteorological theory argues that the world's forests are rainmakers
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Wall Street Journal under attack for climate op-ed
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Bad feedback loop: climate change diminishing Canadian forest's carbon sink
Bad feedback loop: climate change diminishing Canadian forest's carbon sink
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Why Super Bowl XLVI Will Be the Greenest Yet
Why Super Bowl XLVI Will Be the Greenest YetAlthough it's a festival of excess in many ways, Super Bowl XLVI, taking place this Sunday, reveals how far the NFL -- and pro sports in general -- has come in considering and trying to reduce their environmental impacts.
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States Require Insurers to Respond to Climate Risk Survey
States Require Insurers to Respond to Climate Risk SurveyCalifornia joins New York and Washington in requiring insurers that that write in excess of $300 million in premiums to respond to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' Climate Risk Survey.
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Sylvania Helps Feds Shine Brighter, Greener Light on National Mall
Sylvania Helps Feds Shine Brighter, Greener Light on National MallThe National Park Service is cutting energy consumption for lighting on the National Mall by as much as 65 percent with the retrofit of 174 street lamps.
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White Wave Looks to the Farm to Improve Environmental Footprint
White Wave Looks to the Farm to Improve Environmental FootprintTo lower its carbon footprint, White Wave Foods is tackling methane emissions, carbon sequestration and utilities, such electricity and gasoline.
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The 4 Big Mistakes We Made in Launching Our Green Business
The 4 Big Mistakes We Made in Launching Our Green BusinessAfter surviving -- and thriving -- in five of the roughest economic years the country has known, there's a lot we should have done differently when we opened the doors of our green packaging company. Here's to helping others repeat the same mistakes.
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Bill would block export of Keystone fuels
Bill would block export of Keystone fuelsWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats unveiled legislation on Friday that would block export of any oil transported by the Keystone XL pipeline, as they challenged claims that the delayed project would boost U.S. energy security. -
Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics
Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands criticsCALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient. -
Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepens
Romania rescues children as Europe's freeze deepensBUCHAREST (Reuters) - Nine Romanian children were taken into care after a baby died in an unheated house, joining at least 189 others killed by a Siberian front which strengthened its hold over Eastern Europe on Friday and spread further west. -
Grounded U.S. whooping cranes taking to the road
Grounded U.S. whooping cranes taking to the road(Reuters) - A flock of young whooping cranes stuck in Alabama have lost interest in following an ultra-light plane leading them to a Florida winter habitat, so the rare birds' human coaches prepared on Friday to drive them to a nearby marsh. -
U.S. to require disclosure of fracking fluids on public land
U.S. to require disclosure of fracking fluids on public landWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government will require natural gas drillers to disclose which chemicals they use in hydraulic fracturing on public lands, according to draft rules crafted by the Interior Department.
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Supermarkets taking steps to rid shelves of Redlist fish
Supermarkets taking steps to rid shelves of Redlist fishGreenpeace?s campaign to convince Canada?s supermarket chains to remove Redlist fish from their shelves is having results. -
Greenpeace challenges closed-door meeting of Arctic ?petroleum club?
Greenpeace challenges closed-door meeting of Arctic ?petroleum club?As five foreign ministers hole up in the Gatineau Hills today to divide the resources beneath the Arctic Ocean, Greenpeace calls on them to provide a much more transparent process for discussing the need for greater protection for the fragile Arctic region. Greenpeace activists are on the road leading to the meeting venue with a banner reading ?Arctic Future: Not Behind Closed Doors?. -
Sobeys : Betraying Its Coastal Roots
Sobeys : Betraying Its Coastal RootsLast year, Greenpeace ran ?There?s probably no cod? ads to sound the alarm bell that the consequences of overfishing are severe, often irreversible, and happening in Canadian waters. -
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)
Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)Last year, Greenpeace ran ?There?s probably no cod? ads to sound the alarm bell that the consequences of overfishing are severe, often irreversible, and happening in Canadian waters. -
Greenpeace cod funeral highlights Sobeys? failure to protect overfished species
Greenpeace cod funeral highlights Sobeys? failure to protect overfished speciesCod funeral
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Romney to Nevadans: I Don?t Know ?What The Purpose is? of Public Lands
Romney to Nevadans: I Don?t Know ?What The Purpose is? of Public Lands(Hint: They Pump $1 Billion into the State Economy and Support 13,000 Jobs) by Jessica Goad, cross-posted from ThinkProgress Green Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney likes to sing about America the beautiful, but he mainly seems interested in mining it. In an interview with the editorial board of the Reno Gazette-Journal last night, Mitt Romney [...] -
Video: The Man Who Lived on His Bike For 382 Days
Video: The Man Who Lived on His Bike For 382 DaysI love riding my bike. But clearly not as much as Guillaume Blanchet, who “lived” on his bicycle for 382 days in Montreal ? cooking food, showering, shaving and reading his email. Blanchet’s short film, “The Man Who Lived on His Bike,” is a delightful celebration of the bicycle. Perhaps it should mandatory viewing for [...] -
Putting a Freeze on Arctic Ocean Drilling: America?s Inability to Respond to an Oil Spill in the Arctic
Putting a Freeze on Arctic Ocean Drilling: America?s Inability to Respond to an Oil Spill in the ArcticHave we learned nothing from the disastrous 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico? Below is the summary of a comprehensive report on the inadequate disaster response capabilities in the Arctic. by Kiley Kroh, Michael Conathan and Emma Huvos When the Deepwater Horizon oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico in the early [...] -
Boehner?s Last Stand: House Leader Wants to Kill Transit Funding
Boehner?s Last Stand: House Leader Wants to Kill Transit Fundingby Greg Hanscom, reposted from Grist It was apparently not enough to obliterate funding for bike lanes and walking paths and kids trying to get to school. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) wants to keep our tax dollars from paying for public transit as well. Earlier this week, Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) unveiled a draft [...] -
Romney Could Save $89,000 on Electric Bill By Going Solar
Romney Could Save $89,000 on Electric Bill By Going Solarby Zachary Rybarczyk and Stephen Lacey Republican presidential front runner Mitt Romney makes more money in one day than the average American makes in a year. With $20.9 million in income last year and a lower tax rate than most middle-class Americans, perhaps he’d be willing to join the thousands of homeowners around the country [...]
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Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics (Reuters)
Canada, Alberta seek to assuage oil sands critics (Reuters)Reuters - Canada will set up a new environmental monitoring system for the northern Alberta oil sands as it seeks to fend off harsh international criticism following revelations that oversight of the huge petroleum development has been insufficient. -
USDA awards $40 million grants to boost local farm/food projects (Reuters)
USDA awards $40 million grants to boost local farm/food projects (Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. Agriculture Department on Friday awarded $40.2 million in grants to farmers, ranchers and farmer-controlled rural business ventures aimed at spurring locally produced food supplies and renewable energy ventures. -
NRC sets vote on approving Ga. nuclear plant (AP)
NRC sets vote on approving Ga. nuclear plant (AP)AP - Federal safety officials will vote Feb. 9 on whether to approve what could become the nation's first nuclear plant in a generation. -
Nature's Surprise: 365 New Species Spotted in Peru (LiveScience.com)
Nature's Surprise: 365 New Species Spotted in Peru (LiveScience.com)LiveScience.com - Hundreds of species never before seen in a Peruvian national park have been found during an inventory of the Amazonian forests there, according to a conservation group. -
UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge (AP)
UK minister quits Cabinet to fight criminal charge (AP)
AP - British leader David Cameron made a third unwanted shake up of his government since 2010 on Friday after Cabinet minister Chris Huhne quit as prosecutors charged him over an alleged attempt to pin a speeding penalty on his ex-wife.
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Texas Drought Forces Town to Haul in Water by Truck
Texas Drought Forces Town to Haul in Water by TruckThe well of Spicewood Beach in central Texas is among 13 public water systems throughout the state that are projected to run out of water in 180 days or less.
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Rescuing the Birds Many Love to Hate
Rescuing the Birds Many Love to HateAt the core of New York City Pigeon Rescue Central are pigeon lovers, animal activists and eccentrics who dedicate themselves to the much-maligned birds? welfare.
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National Briefing | Environment: Donations to Sierra Club Raise Ire
National Briefing | Environment: Donations to Sierra Club Raise IreThe Sierra Club?s president, Michael Brune, has acknowledged in a blog post that beginning five years ago, the club accepted $26 million from people connected with Chesapeake Energy.
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The Texas Tribune: Latest Effect of BP Oil Spill: Waves of Cash for Texas Coast
The Texas Tribune: Latest Effect of BP Oil Spill: Waves of Cash for Texas CoastTwo years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the Gulf Coast now stands to benefit as money pours in for restoration.
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Green Blog: Report: Sierra Club Accepted Gas Industry Money
Green Blog: Report: Sierra Club Accepted Gas Industry MoneyAn article raises the issue of whether the Sierra Club's support of natural gas as a "bridge fuel" was influenced by donations from the gas industry.
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Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?
Science behind the big freeze: is climate change bringing the Arctic to Europe?
The bitterly cold weather sweeping Britain and the rest of Europe has been linked by scientists with the ice-free seas of the Arctic, where global warming is exerting its greatest influence.
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Fears over money to maintain flood defences
Fears over money to maintain flood defencesAround 200,000 homes at risk from flooding may face problems getting insurance from next year, the industry warned today.
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UK told to prepare for mass floods in future
UK told to prepare for mass floods in future
Flooding caused by heavier rainfall will be the major threat to Britain from climate change in the coming decades, potentially costing the country billions a year, a new assessment of the risks of global warming concluded yesterday.
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Animals can't keep up with climate change
Animals can't keep up with climate change
Animal and insect species in Europe are losing the fight to keep up with rapid changes in climate in a new phenomenon dubbed "climatic debt", according to an international study.
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Animals can't keep up with climate change
Animals can't keep up with climate change Animal and insect species in Europe are losing the fight to keep up with rapid changes in climate in a new phenomenon dubbed "climatic debt", according to an international study.
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Planning reforms: sitting pretty - or sitting duck?
Planning reforms: sitting pretty - or sitting duck?Government plans favour developers at the expense of the countryside, says Geoffrey Lean.
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Animal pictures of the week: 3 February 2012
Animal pictures of the week: 3 February 2012All creatures great and small in our ever popular animal gallery.
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Flooding in New South Wales, Australia
Flooding in New South Wales, AustraliaIn pictures: flooding in New South Wales, Australia.
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Out of Africa, into Spain: photographs of the Cabarceno wildlife park by Marina Cano
Out of Africa, into Spain: photographs of the Cabarceno wildlife park by Marina CanoAfrican animals at the Cabarceno wildlife park in Cantabria, Spain.
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Prince of Wales hits out at modern buildings as 'energy-guzzling glass boxes'
Prince of Wales hits out at modern buildings as 'energy-guzzling glass boxes'The Prince of Wales has criticised modern buildings as "energy guzzling glass boxes" which will be "ripe for demolition" within 30 years.