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UN panel scrambling to finish climate report
2014-11-01 14:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: After an all-night session, the United Nations' expert panel on climate science was scrambling Saturday to finish a report on global warming that the UN's environment agency said offers "conclusive evidence" that humans are altering the Earth's climate system. Combining the findings of three earlier reports, the report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is also expected to describe how climate impacts, including melting Arctic sea ice and rising levels, are already happening and...
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Great Neck bridge, LIRR track extension clear MTA panel
2014-10-27 23:08:16| Railroads - Topix.net
A key MTA committee Monday approved a $24.9 million plan to replace a 115-year-old bridge near Great Neck and extend a track used to store Long Island Rail Road trains there. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's Long Island Rail Road Committee Monday voted in favor of the contract, which will go before the full Metropolitan Transportation Authority Board for final approval Wednesday.
Jairam Ramesh to head panel on global research platform
2014-10-26 05:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Economic Times: Former Union minister Jairam Ramesh has been named to chair a global research platform panel on sustainable development instituted by an alliance of organisations such as UNEP, UNESCO and World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The inaugural Future Earth Engagement Committee is the flagship initiative of the Science and Technology Alliance for Global Sustainability (the Alliance). Future Earth is a global research platform providing knowledge and support to accelerate the t .. Read more at: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/44938527.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst...
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UPDATE 1-FDA panel votes to expand use of Vertex cystic fibrosis drug
2014-10-22 07:30:16| Biotech - Topix.net
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Tuesday voted 13-2 to recommend expanding approval of Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc's cystic fibrosis drug Kalydeco to include a wider range of patients with the rare lung disease, the company said. The panel of experts said Kalydeco should be approved for patients ages 6 and older with a specific mutation of the R117H gene, of which there are about 500 people in the United States.
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Panel says don't sell LCBO, OPG or Hydro One
2014-10-17 22:48:20| Energy - Topix.net
The Liquor Control Board of Ontario, Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation should all remain in public hands, a special government advisory panel said Friday. The Liberal government set up the panel to look into how to get maximum value out of the three Crown corporations, with a possible eye to bringing in private-sector investment that would help fund public transit and infrastructure projects.
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