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Mining company closing office in northern Wisconsin

2015-02-27 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Associated Press: The company looking to open an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin announced Friday it was closing its office in Hurley, saying future investment was "unfeasible at this time," a move that marks the end for now of the project near Lake Superior that sparked fierce debate and opposition from environmentalists and tribal members near the site. Bill Williams, president of mining company Gogebic Taconite, released a statement announcing the decision. It comes after field explorations were put on hold...

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Outage cuts Internet, phone service across northern Arizona

2015-02-26 04:23:20| Telecom - Topix.net

People across northern Arizona couldn't use the Internet, their cellphones or landlines for several hours Wednesday after someone vandalized a fiber-optic line that brings communications to a large part of the state, officials said. Businesses couldn't process credit card transactions, ATMs didn't function, law enforcement databases were unavailable, and even weather reports were affected in an area stretching from north of Phoenix to Flagstaff, about 100 miles away.

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Outage halts Internet, cell service in northern Arizona

2015-02-26 00:13:45| Telecom - Topix.net

CenturyLink spokesman Alex Juarez says the outage was first reported around noon Wednesday and is affecting people in an area from just north of Phoenix up to Flagstaff, about 100 miles away. Juarez says the company believes a cut fiber-optic line is the cause, but that hasn't been confirmed.

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UPDATE 1-CN Rail says still cleaning up Northern Ontario derailment

2015-02-18 12:23:45| Railroads - Topix.net

Canadian National Railway Co is still cleaning up spilled oil and removing damaged rail cars after a weekend derailment on its line at a remote site about 80 kilometers south of Timmins, Ontario. Patrick Waldron, a spokesman for the country's largest railway, said in an email that crews, working in -31C weather, are allowing a controlled fire at the site to continue to burn.

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