Global Warming
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New scandal as 'Climate Gate' scientists accused of hiding data
Accused: Professor Phil Jones asked a colleague to delete emails relating to a report by the IPCC Scientist at the heart of the 'Climategate' email scandal broke the law when they refused to give raw data to the public, the privacy watchdog has ruled. The Information Commissioner's office said University of East Anglia researchers breached the Freedom of Information Act when handling requests from climate change sceptics. But the scientists will escape prosecution because the offences took place more than six months ago. The revelation comes after a string of embarrassing blunders and gaffes for climate scientists and will fuel concerns that key researchers are too secretive and too arrogant. It will pile pressure on the director of the university's climate change unit, Professor Phil Jones, who has stood aside while an investigation is carried out, and make it harder for him to return.World misled over Himalayan glacier meltdown - Times Online
London is the global capital for “divorce tourism” with marriage break-ups involving foreign nationals accounting for a sixth of cases before the courts. The legal system is also witnessing a surge in disputes between the international super-rich over business deals, contracts, children and money, leading to worries about the widening gulf in access to justice with British taxpayers who more and more find themselves unable to afford to go to law. Inquiries by The Times have found: • a significant increase in international divorce, now estimated to involve 24,000 of the 150,000 divorces in England and Wales each year; • a dramatic rise in the number of commercial disputes, in which one or both parties were foreign. The percentage rose from 65 per cent in 2008 to 81 per cent in 2011; • a huge rise in cases involving “tug of love” disputes between parents t
Better Place
Une collaboration à plusieurs niveaux : développement technologique, financement des batteries, offre conjointe d’électrification de flottes et sensibilisation du consommateur. Le ministre français de l’Industrie, de l’Energie et de l’Economie numérique a conduit pour la première fois la Renault Fluence Z.E. La délégation, composée d’une quarantaine de dirigeants d’entreprises dont Renault, a pu découvrir le réseau d’infrastructures pour véhicules électriques qu’Israël construit actuellement à l’échelle du pays. Après Tokyo, la baie de San Francisco lance un programme de taxis électriques à batteries échangeables avec Better Place.