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Arctic Council: Getting serious about making money from global warming

Impact: Climate Change    May 13, 2011
Oh the irony. On the one hand there is the well propagandized denial of global warming, which is so effective in some countries (the United States chief among several) that politicians of all (yellow) stripes dare not mention its name. On the other hand there is this: Secret US embassy cables released by Wikileaks show [...]
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Branson’s no virgin on peak oil

Spun: February 9, 2010
Celebrity endorsements can be a mixed blessing. How do you react when a celebrity such as Richard Branson (that’s SIR Richard Branson, if you please) says something like this: “The next five years will see us face another crunch – the oil crunch. This time, we do have the chance to prepare. The challenge is [...]
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