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In search of next Big Fix to combat climate change
2013-12-31 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
USA Today: In the 1890s, New York City was swamped -- not by a storm but something smellier, horse manure. Horses, the primary mode of transportation, dropped more than a million pounds each day, causing a sanitation crisis. No one found a fix, and some estimated the streets would eventually be buried several feet deep. Then, "shift happened," says Harvard chemist Daniel Nocera. The automobile arrived, and almost overnight, it replaced horses and cleaned up the streets. Hailed as an environmental savior,...
The Fix in Fossil Fuels
2013-12-30 10:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Harvard Magazine: The United States is wasting more than $4 billion a year by giving oil and gas companies tax breaks that do not benefit consumers or the economy, says Joseph Aldy, assistant professor of public policy at the Kennedy School of Government and a former special assistant to the president for energy and environment. This special treatment for the fossil-fuel industry, he points out, adds to the national debt and maintains the countrys dependence on a finite natural resource that produces greenhouse gases....
Ark. hopes rail line fix leads to economic spike
2013-12-29 20:38:45| Railroads - Topix.net
Officials in southeast Arkansas are hoping that the renovation of an aging industrial railroad line will help spark economic development in 2014.
Should you let dealer or garage fix car?
2013-12-26 18:04:59| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
You don't need technological savvy to avoid problems with your local auto mechanic, but finding a good one and getting a great deal? That's a bit trickier.
Quick Fix Reopens Outer Banks Span
2013-12-23 18:13:50| ENR.com: Headline News
The Herbert C. Bonner Bridge on North Carolina's Outer Banks has reopened after the discovery of excess scour around underwater pilings forced a two-week closure
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