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UN official: Over 120 leaders to attend Paris climate summit
2015-11-20 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: The attacks in Paris are affecting crucial climate change talks in the French capital starting later this month, but more than 120 world leaders strongly support the conference and have confirmed they will attend, a senior U.N. official said Friday. Janos Pasztor, the U.N. assistant secretary-general for climate change, told a news conference that preparations and some activities are affected, including a huge march on Nov. 29 by supporters of an agreement to reduce carbon emissions that has been...
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First official USDA delegation visits Cuba in more than 50 years
2015-11-16 15:59:00| National Hog Farmer
By P. Scott Shearer, Bockorny Group, Washington, D.C. USDA Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack led a Congressional delegation to Cuba last week. This was the first official USDA trip to Cuba since 1961. read more
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Paris climate activities to be scaled back, even as official summit goes forward
2015-11-16 15:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The horrific terrorist attacks in Paris came just two weeks before the city is due to host a landmark U.N. climate summit. That conference will go on, officials have confirmed, but many of the activities that were scheduled to coincide with it from activist marches to side events could be scaled back or cancelled. The climate confab in Paris will still be big, but not as big. The White House announced that President Obama still intends to come to Paris for the opening two days of the conference,...
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MTA official wants to cut commute fares on LIRR, Metro-North
2015-11-16 05:16:48| Railroads - Topix.net
Allen Cappelli said he doesn't believe the MTA's argument that slashing commuter rail ticket prices will hurt the agency financially. An MTA board member will press the transit agency on Monday to cut the commuter rail ticket prices for New Yorkers who want to travel around the city.
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Obama still plans to attend Paris climate summit: U.S. official
2015-11-14 11:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama still plans to attend a global climate summit in Paris at the end of November despite the attacks claimed by Islamic State, a senior U.S. administration official said on Saturday. The Paris summit is focused on curbing climate change, one of the Obama administration's top priorities. A French official told Reuters earlier on Saturday that the summit would continue with beefed-up security despite the deadly attacks on Paris that killed 127 people.
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