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December 13, 2011   |   Vol. 3, Issue 50
 
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U.N. Climate Talks End With Deal for New Emissions Treaty
December 12, 2011 | New York Times
Two weeks of contentious United Nations talks over climate change concluded Sunday morning with an agreement by more than 190 nations to work toward a future treaty that would require all countries to reduce emissions that contribute to global warming.
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Canada Formally Pulls Out of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change

Analysis: Durban Deal May Do Little to Cool Heating Planet
Report: Shale Gas Industry Has Profound Economic Impact in United States
December 7, 2011 | Fort Worth Star Telegram
The natural gas "shale gale" that began in the Barnett Shale is having "profound economic impacts" on the U.S. economy -- creating jobs, reducing consumer costs for natural gas and electricity and escalating federal, state and local tax revenues, according to a study released Tuesday by IHS Global Insight, an international consulting firm.
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E.P.A. Links Tainted Water in Wyoming to Hydraulic Fracturing for Natural Gas

EPA Report on Wyoming Water Doesn't End Fracking Debate

New Study on Fracturing Isn't Changing Many Minds

At Forum on the Future, Leaders Dissect What Ails Higher Education Today
December 12, 2011 | Chronicle of Higher Education
The conference was billed as a symposium on the future of higher education. But, by and large, speakers at the forum organized by the New School, part of its conference series on social research, were focused on the challenges of today, not on the possibilities of tomorrow—or those 20 years down the road.
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A Leader in the Cloud Gains Rivals
December 12, 2011 | New York Times
For over a decade, Marc Benioff has had to listen to dismissals of the company he founded, Salesforce.com, as a marginal player in the business software industry. But recently Salesforce has won the sincerest form of flattery known in tech: its competitors are spending billions of dollars to acquire firms that do the sort of thing it does, which is to offer business software as a kind of rental service inside the Internet.
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Trading Tax Dollars for the Key to the City
December 7, 2011 | Bloomberg BusinessWeek
GOP governors have a deal for cash-strapped mayors. There's money offers for troubled Democratic mayors, but it comes with expensive conditions.
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Occupy Someone Else

Industry-Backed Univercity Research Touted

Initiative to Fuel Business Startups in Iowa

Lawmakers Agree to Reauthorize and Enhance SBIR and STTR Small Business Research Programs

Silicon Beach: Real or High-Tech Hype?

In Silicon Valley Rose-Colored Glasses Sometime Provide the Best View

Sunk Costs Don't Matter in Venture, Until They Do

InvestOhio Applications Roll In

With a Leaner Model, Start-Ups Reach Further Afield

States Boost Incentives; Employers Boost Demands

Nonprofit Connect Ohio Goal: Internet Access in Appalachia

How VCs Can Still Make Money In Alternative Energy

Greenstart Hatches Four Startups, Proving Accelerators Work in the Energy Business

For Obama’s Green-Car Revolution, Fits and Starts

Buffett Goes Solar; Utility Company to Buy First Solar Plant

After the Startup, Help for Small Businesses

Colorado's New Pavilion Becomes a Hub for Tech Innovation

KinectStars: Why Microsoft Drafted TechStars to Target Startups

In Nevada Board Begins Planning How to Put Economic Development Study into Action

Entrepreneur’s Rival in China: The State

Angel Investing Tsunami Continues To Build

In Health Technology, an Enthusiasm Gap between Startups and Doctors

Illinois Greases Squeaky Wheels

SF’s Prescience Sharpens New Biotech Business Model in San Diego

GAO: Demographics Do Not Explain For-Profit Colleges' Shortcomings on Student-Success Measures

Pension Vote in Rhode Island Shows Changing Political Times

OpEd: Venture-Capital Fund Could Multiply Minorities' Tech Numbers

Ernst & Young Says Fundamentals Will Prevail in 2012

The Problem Solvers

California Stem Cell Agency Needs to Study Itself

Canada Formally Pulls Out of Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change

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