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Despite deal, Englewood Cliffs resident to fight LG Electronics, attorney says
2015-07-05 13:11:36| Electronics - Topix.net
The fight over LG Electronics USA's new North American headquarters is not over yet, despite a compromise announced in June that was heralded as a "win-win" - one that would allow the company to remain in Englewood Cliffs but also preserve the iconic vistas of the Palisades. "It's not settled.
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Inside The Fight To Save A Beloved World War I Memorial From Demolition [VIDEO]
2015-07-04 09:47:59| Airlines - Topix.net
As America celebrates the 4th of July, and the world commemorates the centennial of World War I, one U.S. state is in danger of losing a memorial to its veterans killed in action. The city of Honolulu is considering demolishing its official memorial to the fallen of World War I and moving a portion of the memorial across the street to the site of a separate remembrance plaque.
Philadelphia charter school ends legal fight to stay open
2015-07-02 19:43:00| American School & University
Truebright Science Academy Charter School will dissolve three years after officials declined to renew its charter. read more
US leaves the markets out in the fight against carbon emissions
2015-07-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: n 1990, by an overwhelming majority, Congress amended the Clean Air Act to establish a market for electric utilities to trade the right to emit sulfur dioxide, one of the main contributors to acid rain. The law was based on a simple economic insight. If utilities facing high costs to cut emissions could, instead, buy allowances to pollute from those who could cut emissions for less, reducing overall pollution would be much cheaper. The idea had been successfully used before, during the Reagan administration,...
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Can pollution help trees fight infection?
2015-06-30 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: Trees that can tolerate soil pollution are also better at defending themselves against pests and pathogens. "It looks like the very act of tolerating chemical pollution may give trees an advantage from biological invasion," says Dr Frederic E. Pitre of the University of Montreal and one of the researchers behind the discovery. Unexpectedly, whilst studying the presence of genetic information (RNA) from fungi and bacteria in the trees, the researchers found evidence of a very large amount of RNA...
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