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California imposes first-ever mandatory water restrictions
2015-04-04 10:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Al Jazeera: Four years of a historic drought that has left California parched forced Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday to declare the first mandatory water restrictions in the states history. He ordered the State Water Resources Control Board to enact mandatory cuts in water use by 25 percent, which could save 1.5 million acre-feet of water over nine months. An acre-foot contains 325,851 gallons of water. Brown issued the executive order while visiting the Phillips Station in the Sierra Nevada an area that...
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Walmart Honors C.H. Robinson with First-Ever 3PL Award
2015-03-26 23:42:58| Logistics - Topix.net
2014 was a year of challenges in the area of logistics and transportation, with extreme weather conditions and capacity issues challenging the industry as a whole. Through dedicated hard work and strategic collaboration , C.H. Robinson was able to exceed Walmart's expectations as a logistics service provider.
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30 new species discovered in Los Angeles in first-ever intensive urban biodiversity survey
2015-03-25 11:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] A new paper to be published in the journal Zootaxa (April 6, 2015) describes 30 new insect species in a single genus, Megaselia, of the fly family Phoridae. Describing 30 species in a single paper is rare, but what's especially striking is that all these come from urban Los Angeles. The discoveries come from researchers in the BioSCAN project (Biodiversity Science: City and Nature) at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHM). The BioSCAN pro…
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U.S. Names First-Ever LGBT Human Rights Envoy
2015-02-24 02:02:07| IT Services - Topix.net
FEBRUARY 21: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a media briefing at the U.S. Embassy on February 21, 2015 in London, England. Earlier Kerry met with British Foreign Minister Philip Hammond and it's expected that the issue of the continuing conflict in the Ukraine will dominate talks between the two nations.
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DOJ and North Carolina AG Settle First-Ever Federal Discrimination Suit Involving Auto Lending
2015-02-23 17:36:14| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
On February 10, the DOJ, along with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of North Carolina and the North Carolina AG, announced the settlement of the federal government's discrimination suit involving two "buy here, pay here" auto dealerships. According to the DOJ, this is the federal government's first-ever settlement involving discrimination in auto lending.
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