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Federal Government Okay With Disconnecting File Sharers From The Net

Gizmodo AU

Despite the fact that the United Nations came out last week announcing that internet access is a basic human right, the Australian government has decided to disagree, telling Asher Moses over at the Sydney Morning Herald that there’s no basis in international law that says declining internet access is violating an individual’s right to free speech.


May 19, 2011
News

Did Iran Hack The UN’s Nuclear Inspectors?

Iran says its nuclear program is just for keeping the lights on. The US (and others) say it’s for making country-annihilating weapons. To be sure, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s been keeping tabs—and say they’ve been digitally attacked.


May 10, 2011
Science

80% Of Global Power Could Come From Renewable Sources By 2050

Gizmodo AU

Mark it down in the diaries, folks… Provided the world doesn’t come to a cataclysmic end next year, the UN believes that humankind can get 80 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by the year 2050.


August 4, 2009
Science

San Francisco To Provide Home For New UN Global Warming Center

San Francisco and Supermayor Gavin Newsom announced plans to take the pollution-mired Hunter’s Point Shipyard and build a $US20 Million, 80,000-square foot UN Global Compact centre, which will serve as a “climate change think tank and green tech incubator.”