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Officials ask federal board to help on rail delays
2014-09-05 03:41:17| Railroads - Topix.net
North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple opened a federal hearing in Fargo about rail service delays in the upper Plains by reading a letter from a grain elevator that said Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. was 525 cars behind in its service. The Wilton Farmers Union Elevator also told the governor that as of last month it was still waiting for a train that had been scheduled to arrive on April 8. That backlog has caused what Dalrymple told the National Surface Transportation Board on Thursday was an "emergency situation" - acres of corn, soybeans and wheat are at record levels in the Dakotas and Minnesota, but there's no place to move it.
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Florida officials appeal gay-marriage ruling
2014-09-05 03:08:29| Telecom - Topix.net
Attorney General Pam Bondi's office filed the notice Thursday on behalf of Surgeon General Dr. John H. Armstrong, Secretary of Management Services Craig J. Nichols and Washington County Clerk of Court Harold Bazzell. U.S. District Judge Robert L. Hinkle in Tallahassee ruled on Aug. 21 that the ban violates the 14th Amendment's guarantees of equal protection and due process.
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Congressman Earl Blumenauer joins local officials to celebrate 5 new pedestrian flashing beacons at East Portland crossings
2014-09-03 01:26:29| PortlandOnline
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Congressman Earl Blumenauer joins local officials to celebrate 5 new pedestrian flashing beacons at East Portland crossings
2014-09-03 00:42:50| PortlandOnline
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Officials Confirm Fracking Caused Water Contamination In Penn Wells
2014-08-29 15:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Gothamist: As Governor Cuomo continues to mull over the current statewide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing, some disturbing fracking-related news has come out of Pennsylvania: fracking has contaminated private drinking wells a previously undisclosed 243 times over six years, according to the state's Department of Environmental Protection. The Associated Press reported this week that the 243 cases were reported between 2008 and 2014, thanks to the DEP's "thorough review" of statewide files [pdf]. Contamination...
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