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Editorial: A slow-rolling disaster at the MTA

2015-08-14 11:21:19| Railroads - Topix.net

Subway trains can arrive even a year late, and the ever-more-overwhelmed leadership of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority deems them to be on time. In 2012, the MTA ordered 300 new subway cars from the Bombardier company at a cost of nearly $600 million.

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Early Disease Detection Protects Countries From Disaster

2015-08-14 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Public health, animal health and security sectors must speak with one voice on the need to strengthen health systems, according to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE).

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SWS Environmental Services Deployed for Tropical Storm Bill Disaster Response and Flood Recovery throughout Texas

2015-08-11 12:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Crews from various Texas locations are working closely with businesses and state officials to manage the effects of Tropical Storm Bill Houston, Texas Texas is feeling the effects of hurricane season already with the first Gulf of Mexico tropical storm. Tropical Storm Bill made landfall hitting areas of Galveston...

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Guarding against disaster: GARD prepares airports for crisis

2015-07-29 01:00:00| Airport Technology

In the wake of a disaster, airports play a dual role, both as refuge and transit points for critical humanitarian relief. The logistics behind balancing these two tasks is the aim of the Getting Airports Ready for Disaster initiative, pioneered by th

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