Saturday, October 18, 2014

RSN: Wind Power Pushes Down Electricity Prices in Nordic Countries, Ending Profitability of Fossil Fuels




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Andy Borowitz | Some Fear Ebola Outbreak Could Make Nation Turn to Science
Health workers, like these in Guinea, are at serious risk of contracting the disease. (photo: European Commission DG ECHO)
Andy Borowitz, The New Yorker
Borowitz writes: "There is a deep-seated fear among some Americans that an Ebola outbreak could make the country turn to science."
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Blowing the Whistle on CIA Torture From Beyond the Grave
Cora Currier, The Intercept
Currier reports: "Risen suggests that the APA's close relationship with the government was motivated at least in part by financial concerns."
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WikiLeaks Leaked Draft Confirms TPP Will Censor Internet and Stifle Free Expression Worldwide
OpenMedia.ca
Excerpt: "This morning Wikileaks published a second leaked draft of the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). The draft confirms people's worst fears about Internet censorship."
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Joshua Holland | Does Rising Inequality Make a Democracy More Warlike?
Joshua Holland, Moyers & Company
Holland writes: "War has long been seen as an endeavor urged on by the elites who stood the most to gain from conflict."
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Michigan: Democrats' 'War on Women' Narrative May Be Swinging Voters
Peter Moskowitz, Al Jazeera America
Moskowitz reports: "The outcome of Michigan's U.S. Senate race could be impacted by a controversial TV ad suggesting that the fact that Republican candidate Terri Lynn Land is female means she is more in tune with women's rights than Democratic U.S. Rep. Gary Peters."
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Google Overtakes Goldman Sachs in Political Donations
Sarah Mishkin and Gina Chon, Financial Times
Mishkin and Chon report: "Google has surpassed Goldman Sachs as a US political donor in a sign of Silicon Valley's increasingly assertive efforts to shape policy and counter critical scrutiny in Washington."
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Wind Power Pushes Down Electricity Prices in Nordic Countries, Ending Profitability of Fossil Fuels
Nerijus Adomaitis, Reuters
Excerpt: "Wind power is blowing gas and coal-fired turbines out of business in the Nordic countries, and the effects will be felt across the Baltic region as the renewable glut erodes utility margins for thermal power stations."
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