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Will UN climate panel's credibility suffer from the resignation of its chief?
2015-02-26 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: In a week when the Willie Soon scandal broke and revealed the fossil fuel industry's footprint on contrarian climate research, embattled denialists went back on the offensive. Critics are again trying to discredit the leading international scientific body on climate change after the organization's leader resigned over allegations he sexually harassed female coworkers at his research institute in India. Rajendra Pachauri, chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,...
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MTA chief calls for safety improvements at railroad grade crossings
2015-02-26 04:12:12| Railroads - Topix.net
The head of the MTA yesterday vowed to find new and better ways to protect passengers, pedestrians and motorists at railroad grade crossings, including nearly 300 on Long Island. Crossing grade safety is one of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's "highest priorities," agency chairman and chief executive Thomas Prendergast said, and all strategies to reduce crossing accidents are "on... The head of the MTA yesterday vowed to find new and better ways to protect passengers, pedestrians and motorists at railroad grade crossings, including nearly 300 on Long Island.
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Bus routes eyed to reduce pedestrian deaths: MTA Chief
2015-02-25 23:52:39| Railroads - Topix.net
The MTA is considering a review of bus routes to make the streets safer for pedestrians under the city's Vision Zero program, Chairman Tom Prendergast said Wednesday. One possibility would be to revise routes to reduce the number of left and right turns Metropolitan Transportation Authority buses have to make, Prendergast said during a question-and-answer session with reporters after the authority's monthly board meeting.
Morrisons names new chief executive
2015-02-25 08:34:22| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Supermarket chain Morrisons has named former Tesco director David Potts as its new chief executive.
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Rep. Michael O'Brien, a deputy fire chief, to seek vacant alderman seat in Nashua
2015-02-24 21:26:19| Telecom - Topix.net
The state may have a tougher time determining where Mary Nunes has been for the past decade after the judge in her mother Genevieve Kelley's trial for custodial interference denied... MANCHESTER - After 97 percent of union workers in Northern New England approved a deal to end a four-month strike, FairPoint Communications workers will start ... (more)
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