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More states wade into legal fight on greenhouse gases
2015-11-04 17:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A legal battle is brewing in Washington over President Barack Obama's plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, setting states economically dependent on fossil fuels against those already suffering from longer droughts, stronger storms and higher seas. A coalition of 18 states filed motions Wednesday seeking to defend the Clean Power Plan, responding to lawsuits filed last month against the Environmental Protection Agency. Led by New York and California, they are joined by municipalities and urban...
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Buffett's BNSF helped lead fight to delay train safety technology
2015-11-04 14:44:44| Railroads - Topix.net
When an Amtrak passenger train derailed in Philadelphia in May, killing eight people and injuring scores more, the railroad industry's campaign to delay a Dec. 31 deadline to install technology to prevent such disasters appeared to be finished. Not, as it turned out, if billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Sen. John Thune, a South Dakota Republican, had anything to do with it.
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Rauner and Rahm pretend to have a fight
2015-11-04 02:31:53| Telecom - Topix.net
When considering the curious rift that's supposedly developed between our governor and mayor, it's important to remember that they're actually pals. They've vacationed together, drunk really expensive bottles of wine together .
Rauner and Rahm pretend to have a fight
2015-11-04 01:58:25| IT Services - Topix.net
When considering the curious rift that's supposedly developed between our governor and mayor, it's important to remember that they're actually pals. They've vacationed together, drunk really expensive bottles of wine together .
Cities, not nations, lead fight against climate change
2015-11-03 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
South China Morning Post: It is cities, not nations, that will play a bigger role in preventing the worlds temperatures from rising more than two degrees following landmark climate talks in Paris, according to an official from a global network on climate change. Government leaders and representatives from around the world will meet in the French capital at the end of this month and into December with hopes of producing a legally binding agreement to cap global warming. The mayors of the world are those in the best...
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