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Adviser To Ariens Company Muslim Workers: "Don't Give Up The Fight"
2016-01-21 13:55:43| Industrial Machines - Topix.net
A follow-up to a story that started making news late last week. Muslim workers are being urged to go back to work at the Ariens Company, after the manufacturer decided to enforce a rule that bans unscheduled breaks.
Billions of Dollars at Stake in Supreme Court Energy Fight
2016-01-20 09:39:19| Energy - Topix.net
Power generators may see billions of dollars in new revenue if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a federal rule that pays factories and office buildings to dim the lights when energy is most needed. Generators say the payouts for curtailing electricity use for what is known in the industry as demand response are too generous.
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With time ticking, parents fight for school
2016-01-20 00:33:09| Electronics - Topix.net
Days before the School Reform Commission makes a decision on whether to turn two Philadelphia public schools over to charter providers, parents gathered in the bitter cold Tuesday to say: don't let our voices go unheard. Superintendent William R. Hite Jr. has recommended the district hand over Cooke Elementary, in Logan, and Huey Elementary, in West Philadelphia, to outside organizations to run as charters.
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Vow to fight 4G proposals branded 'an astonishing waste of money'
2016-01-18 11:13:35| Wireless - Topix.net
Councillors Mary Friend and Vera Tomlinson, Labour candidate Rob Heath and residents protesting about plans for 4G in North Swindon. Picture by Dave Cox.
An ugly truth behind black gold: How racial injustices are behind California's fight against Big Oil
2016-01-17 21:58:21| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
WTF? A group of armed right-wing extremists occupy a federal building-and they don't even get charged with trespass? Paul Ryan sat right behind President Obama with an obnoxious smirk on his face for the whole State of the Union-and then had... Despite being known as an energy-progressive state and the vanguard of the green movement, California remains a major epicenter of oil production in the United States. Generally, oil production comes with the predictable environmental issues involved with the endeavor: Polluted air, contaminated water, acid rain, carcinogens, and the occasional landslide, tremor, or refinery explosion.
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