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Experts praise Bloomberg's climate plan but worry about his short remaining term
2013-06-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: It didn't take long for critics to pounce on Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 250 ideas for adapting the Big Apple to more intense storms and floods. But a survey of experts produced a surprisingly unified view: For the most part, they approve. In a campaign-style event last week, the three-term independent with less than 200 days left in office trotted out a 438-page report. It had nearly $20 billion worth of project ideas for defending the city. Artist's concept of a "multipurpose levee" that the...
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NY State Smart Grid Consortium Commends Mayor Bloombergs Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency
2013-06-12 17:31:00| Transmission & Distribution World
The New York State Smart Grid Consortium today praised Mayor Michael Bloomberg for his broad vision to rebuild and modernize New York Citys infrastructure as outlined by the Special Initiative for Rebuilding and Resiliency. read more
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Bloomberg's top editor calls policy 'inexcusable'
2013-05-13 18:36:57| IT Services - Topix.net
Matthew Winkler, editor-in-chief of Bloomberg News, apologised on Monday for allowing journalists "limited" access to sensitive data about how clients used Bloomberg terminals, saying it was "inexcusable" but that important customer data had always been protected.
Seven of Bloombergs Top Ten Greenest Banks Are Climate Killers
2013-04-11 05:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Rainforest Action Network: This week, Bloomberg published the results of its third annual ranking of the worlds greenest banks: Citi was ranked first, followed by Santander and JPMorgan. The study assesses banks based on their lending to clean-energy projects and reduction in their own power consumption and carbon footprints. However, banks support for dirty energy, such as fossil fuel and nuclear power, is notably absent from Bloombergs methodology. When the value of banks finance for fossil fuels so often dwarfs their...
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NAACP joins fight against Bloomberg's New York soda ban
2013-01-24 01:24:25| Beverages - Topix.net
When the mayor of New York city decided to take on as powerful a lobby as the fizzy drinks industry with a proposed ban on oversized sugary sodas , the furore that ensued was entirely predictable.