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Monthly Archives: December 2018
Trump fuel economy rollback is based on misleading and shoddy calculations, study finds
Collection of several articles and scientific research analysis. — The Trump Administration on August 2, 2018, released a proposal to freeze model year vehicle greenhouse gas (GHG) and fuel economy standards at model year 2020 levels through model year 2026, … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, Nature, News and politics, Science & Technology, Sustainability
Tagged average, cars, change, climate, Donald, economy, false, Flawed, fossil, fuel, fuel economy standards, gas, global, health, mileage, misleading, oil, Pollution, rate, renewables, research, study, Trump, warming, wellness
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A Chinese scientist says he edited babies’ genes. What are the rights of the genetically modified child?
He Jiankui, a Chinese researcher, spoke at a conference on human genome editing in Hong Kong in November and claimed to have helped make the world’s first gene-edited babies. (Kin Cheung/AP) By Eileen Hunt Botting The Washington Post December 6 … Continue reading
Posted in healthcare, News and politics, Science & Technology
Tagged baby, child, China, editing, embryo, enhanced, ethical, genes, genetically, genome, human, human rights, implications, international, modification, moral, scientific, UN, United Nations
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Public deserves clarity from Ottawa on collapse of money-laundering case, says B.C. official
Public deserves clarity from Ottawa on collapse of money-laundering case, says B.C. official – Globe and Mail JUSTINE HUNTER AND COLIN FREEZE VICTORIA /TORONTO DECEMBER 3, 2018 Article archived below. — Concerning news about Corporate and Financial Crime prosecutions getting … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, justice, News and politics
Tagged bc, Canada, casinos, China, conservatives, corporate, crime, crimes, dealers, dropped, drugs, fentanyl, Harper, money laundering, opioids, Ottawa, oxy, Oxycontin, prosecution, rcmp, underfunding, Vancouver
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Health-care reform in Canada is coming one way or another
Joe Raedle / PNG Winnipeg Sun December 1, 2018 Opinion Columnists Exert “Canada spends more as a share of the economy (after adjusting for differences in demographics) than every other country except Switzerland, France and Norway. If that spending translated … Continue reading
Posted in Financial, healthcare, justice, News and politics
Tagged bc, Brian Day, Canada, Dr, for profit, healthcare, medically necessary, private, public, reducing, reform, single tier, supreme court, two tier, vs, wait times
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Bitcoin’s fall could just be getting started
— ERIC REGULY – Globe and Mail -NOVEMBER 30, 2018 EUROPEAN BUREAU CHIEF — https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/commentary/article-bitcoins-fall-could-just-be-getting-started Archive below Related Bitcoin tanks First blockchain platform for oil trading goes live – Subscriber content Cryptocurrencies to survive sell-off, says El-Erian – Subscriber content … Continue reading
Posted in News and politics
Tagged bitcoin, China, coal, crypto, currency, electricity, Energy, mining, Sustainability
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