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Fracking is unearthing surprise bacteria | Health, Medical, and Science Updates

BySustainMe

Fracking is unearthing surprise bacteria | Health, Medical, and Science Updates: Hmmm…. I’m not sure that many of us have been thinking about this? What is living in the oil and gas before we extract it from the wells? This study starts to bring that to the (fore)ground. It is interesting that some of these guys do better, much better, related to the fracking process and/or being brought to the surface. Hmmm… And I always…

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Simon & Schuster Joins Forces With Author Solutions To Rip Off Writers | David Gaughran

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Simon & Schuster Joins Forces With Author Solutions To Rip Off Writers | David Gaughran: The (self) publishing business is pretty ugly, just like the inventor help business. Let’s take ’em for all they’ve got! When I read of this press announcement the other day, a flurry of questions flittered through my mind. And now that we have the skinny on it, hope that the warnings raised here by David twitter through cyberspace. “So crooked they can’t…

It's Oatmeal vs. Oatmeal in a new trademark suit | Internet & Media – CNET News

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It’s Oatmeal vs. Oatmeal in a new trademark suit | Internet & Media – CNET News: Oatmeal (the comic) joins forces with Recycled Greetings to offer up greeting cards… However, there’s a real life card company by the name of Oatmeal Studios. Oatmeal the Studios was less than entertained to find greeting cards by Oatmeal, the comic, from a rival card company. They have have issued a desist notice and filed for trademark infringement. We’ll…

A Sustainable Walmart…

BySustainMe

Check out the Corporate Responsibility Report by Walmart for 2012. http://www.walmartstores.com/sites/responsibility-report/2012/pdf/wmt_2012_grr.pdf This is very impressive. It not only includes such things as Energy and Carbon Footprint from all of Walmart’s stores, it also addresses the impact of the products and foods from suppliers and how sustainable they are. Walmart’s goals of renewable energy are pretty impressive, but they step up and state the long-term obvious: the long-term goal is 100% renewable energy. They are moving toward…

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Rising ocean acidity tips delicate balance | TBO.com

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Rising ocean acidity tips delicate balance | TBO.com: There are lots of reasons to be concerned about rising ocean acidity. If it kills one year’s generation of oysters, that is disquieting. If it starts to kill of the next year, and the next year, that is a disaster. The kill off of the ocean reefs, pretty much world-wide, is in part because of ocean acidifciation. An estimate of 10% of ocean reefs are dead with…

Why the Mail on Sunday was wrong to claim global warming has stopped… Ice cold debate

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Why the Mail on Sunday was wrong to claim global warming has stopped | Environment | guardian.co.uk: The Guardian comes back with a strong argument against the David Rose article in the Daily Mail on Oct 20, 2012.  David argues that there has been only a very small increase in global surface temperatures for the 16 years ending in 2011. Not as much, certainly, as expected, by forecasts. First, no one anywhere can deny climate…