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New Yorks First Desalination Plant Raises Radiation Fears
2013-04-19 17:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Desalination plants are typically built in dry places. But along New York`s Hudson River a different story is unfolding. A desalination plant has been proposed by United Water New York, a private company, to address the rapid growth of water demand in the expanding New York City suburb of Rockland County. If built, the Haverstraw Water Supply Project on the Hudson River`s Haverstraw Bay would mark New York State's first foray into desalination, the process of removing salt and particulates...
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New Yorks New Abolitionists: The Fight to Stop Fracking
2013-04-19 15:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: I blocked the entrance to the Inergy gas storage facility because I believe that the institutions ... [that should] protect the people and the environment from harm can no longer be relied to do so ... When the government fails to act in the public interest, the public must act on its own. --Michael Dineen Id rather have bread and water now than no bread and toxic water later as a result of this flawed Inergy project. --Melissa Chipman My small, peaceful act of trespass was intended to...
New York's subway $queeze
2013-04-19 06:44:37| Railroads - Topix.net
By all accounts, Tom Prendergast - the man Gov. Cuomo tapped last week to head the Metropolitan Transportation Authority - is a terrific choice.
Women sit on a bench in New York's Times Square May 31, 2012. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
2013-03-18 16:20:27| Biotech - Topix.net
Overweight and obese diabetes patients given high doses of Novo Nordisk's drug liraglutide achieved 6 percent weight loss in a clinical trial, only slightly above the loss seen in those on a lower dose.
Comment - Is New York's Soda Ban Ruling a Pyrrhic Victory for Industry?
2013-03-12 17:44:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
After months of campaigning, the US beverage industry and New York City business owners finally got what they wanted yesterday (11 March), when a judge at New York State's Supreme Court threw out the proposed ban on large sugary drinks.
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