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New MTA Plans to Fight Sexual Assaults on Subways
2014-10-01 18:28:49| Railroads - Topix.net
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a new plan to fight sexual assaults and lewdness in the city's mass transit system. Security cameras on subway cars, more training for MTA personnel, and stricter penalties for violators are some of the measures expected to be announced by the agency later today.
Oil majors target King Coal in fight climate high ground
2014-09-30 11:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RTCC: Coal chief executives were thin on the ground in New York last week, perhaps fearing an onslaught from green groups at the UNs one-day climate summit. Tactically, it was a good way to avoid negative headlines. Strategically, it may prove to be a disaster. In meeting called Industry Action Areas the worlds leading oil and gas companies queued up to voice their concerns about climate change, and argue they offer a future coal cannot. One of our most important contributions is producing...
Merck drug extends immune system fight to stomach cancer
2014-09-28 15:10:51| Biotech - Topix.net
Merck & Co's drug Keytruda, the first in a new wave of immune-boosting medicines to be approved for treating melanomas in the United States, also has potential in stomach cancer, new research shows. Early clinical trial results reported on Sunday mean that gastric, or stomach cancer can be added to a growing list of tumor types where so-called immunotherapy may have an important role to play.
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120 Countries Pledge to Fight Mercury Pollution Around the World
2014-09-27 22:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: On Wednesday, at the UN General Assembly, 22 countries took pledges to take major steps to fight one of the world's most dangerous pollutant emissions. However, were not talking about greenhouse gasses here. Instead, these nations are aiming to address mercury pollution. In an important United Nations (UN) Treaty Event through the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), a global partnership was launched nearly a year ago between senior government officials from Japan, the United States,...
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Climate bear 'Frostpaw' says public uprising needed fight climate change
2014-09-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Deutsche-Welle: "Frostpaw" - aka Peter Galvin - shares with DW the story of why he went to the climate actions dressed as a polar bear, what it was like being on the streets, and why public uprising is necessary for climate action. DW: Why did you participate in the people's climate train and the people's climate summit? Peter Galvin: I went there because I'm feeling real desperation. I'm 51 years old, and even in my short life, I've seen the planet change dramatically: flooding in the Philippines related...
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