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Climate change prompts new concerns about Delta tunnels, Sacramento water supply
2013-09-14 03:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: The Sacramento City Council this week stepped up its critique of a plan to build two giant water diversion tunnels in the Delta, warning that it may harm the city's ability to access drinking water in the decades ahead. The Bay Delta Conservation Plan, as the tunnel project is formally known, is being pushed by Gov. Jerry Brown and a contingent of major water suppliers, mostly in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley. The goal is to improve water delivery to farms and cities south of...
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Unexpected move of preschool prompts New York City parents to withdraw their children
2013-08-30 19:12:00| American School & University
The Park Avenue Christian Church Day School is selling its school building and moving to the Upper West Side of Manhattan Schoolhouse Beat read more
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Hurricane Katrina anniversary prompts call to action on climate change
2013-08-24 18:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Times-Picayune: Eight years after Hurricane Katrina decimated metro New Orleans, elected officials, community activists and religious leaders gathered Saturday to recognize the region's resilience. But more importantly, they urged expedient action on rebuilding the state's fragile coastline and addressing the impacts of climate change. "We have a moral obligation to future generations to insure that tragedies like Hurricane Katrina do not happen again,'' said Norma Jane Sabiston of the Climate Action Committee...
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City intern death prompts review
2013-08-23 20:56:46| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Bank of America Merrill Lynch launches a review of working conditions for junior staff after the death of an intern employed at its London investment bank.
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Man trying to open door prompts emergency landing of Austin-bound flight
2013-08-20 20:02:11| Airlines - Topix.net
Officials say an AirTran flight was safely diverted to a Memphis airport after a passenger tried to open an emergency exit on the plane.
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