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Canada: Runaway train is a metaphor for global warning
2013-07-20 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Montreal Gazette: In the aftermath of the Lac-Mégantic hell, almost all the reform talk is about regulations. There are demands for rules to ensure more workers on trains. To improve the brakes on rail cars. To thicken the shells of tanker cars. This concern for safety is imperative and overdue, Yet it also taking attention away from the underlying cause of the Lac-Mégantic nightmare: Our societys dependence on planet-heating fossil fuel, the product aboard the runaway train. The world needs to tackle this ever-increasing...
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Canada June Inflation Rate Quickens to 1.2% on Gasoline
2013-07-19 17:38:18| Grocery - Topix.net
The consumer price index rose 1.2 percent from a year ago following a 0.7 percent gain in May. The core rate, which excludes eight volatile products, increased 1.3 percent after a 1.1 percent gain the prior month, Statistics Canada said today from Ottawa.
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Canada train derailment lawsuit adds defendants
2013-07-19 11:29:12| Energy - Topix.net
More defendants have been added to a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. rail company whose oil train derailed and exploded, killing 50 people in Quebec.
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Canada train derailment lawsuit adds defendants
2013-07-19 07:10:21| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
More defendants have been added to a class-action lawsuit against the U.S. rail company whose oil train derailed and exploded, killing 50 people in Quebec.
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Verizon denies interest in Leap, but considers a bid in Canada
2013-07-18 16:30:21| CNET News.com
On the company's quarterly conference call with investors and press, Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo laid to rest rumors the company is interested in bidding on prepaid provider Leap Wireless. But he acknowledged that Verizon is exploring buying a small Canadian provider. [Read more]
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