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Indiana consumer advocate: Reject Duke Energy's $1.9B grid plan

2014-11-19 15:51:13| Energy - Topix.net

Indiana's utility consumer advocate says regulators should deny Duke Energy's proposal for a $1.9 billion grid upgrade . Duke wants to install interactive technology that the company says will improve transmission and distribution operations and expand customer services.

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Advocate: MTA Fare Hike May Be Fair And Necessary

2014-11-16 00:06:11| Railroads - Topix.net

NEW YORK - Nobody likes a fare hike when it comes to public transportation, but a straphangers' advocate said Saturday that a hike may be fair and necessary for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. As WCBS 880's Paul Murnane reported, Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign said it is legitimate for riders to shoulder some of the cost of running a system that has made some service improvements.

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Peru Investigates the Killing of an Environmental Advocate

2014-09-11 01:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: The authorities here are investigating the killing of an environmental advocate and indigenous leader who died along with three other men in a remote region of the Amazon jungle that he had sought to protect from illegal logging. The advocate, Edwin Chota, 54, was a leader of the Ashaninka Indian village of Saweto, near the Brazilian border. Mr. Chota was killed after leaving Saweto on Aug. 31, while on his way to meet with leaders from another Ashaninka village some days walk away, according to...

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