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‘The Plane Is Fine’: An Airline Course Looks to Overcome Fear in the Skies

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The plane has sufficient stores of fuel and will not suddenly run out of gas. That means that Nigel’s now controlling the aircraft manually,” Captain Allright said, referring to the pilot, Capt. One person raised her hand for all the categories. The presentation seemed to allay some of the passengers’ fears. It’s perfectly normal.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

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