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• http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/02/17/train-derailment-sends-oil-tanker-into-west-virginia-river/

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  Flipboard Newsdesk

  Feb 17, 2015
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  Noise pollution is making us oblivious to the sound of nature, says researcher

  The Guardian - Ian Sample

  Gift of hearing birdsong and trickling water is being lost to a process of ‘learned deafness’, says US scientist, as people screen out background noise

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  Oxfam Claims The Richest 1% Will Own More Than Half The World's Wealth By Next Year

  Business Insider - AFP

  Wealth accumulated by the richest one percent will exceed that of the other 99 percent in 2016, the Oxfam charity said Monday, ahead of the annual meeting of the world's most powerful at Davos, Switzerland. "The scale of global inequality is quite simply staggering and despite the issues shooting up …

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  Behold, atheists’ new Ten Commandments

  CNN

  CNN — What if, instead of climbing Mount Sinai to receive the Ten Commandments from God, Moses had turned to the Israelites and asked: Hey, what do you guys think we should do? Considering the Hebrews’ bad behavior in the Bible, what with the coveting of neighbors’ wives and murdering their own …

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  The 10 Most Important Sustainable Business Stories from 2014

  Harvard Business Review - Andrew Winston

  It’s been an amazing 12 months in the world of sustainable business. From climate change to inequality, the scope of humanity’s biggest environmental and social challenges came into much sharper focus this year — as did the scale and range of opportunities to do something about them. And citizens, …