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Miami Finds Itself Ankle-Deep Climate Change Debate

2014-05-08 17:28:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: The sunny-day flooding was happening again. During high tide one recent afternoon, Eliseo Toussaint looked out the window of his Alton Road laundromat and watched bottle-green saltwater seep from the gutters, fill the street and block the entrance to his front door. This never used to happen, Mr. Toussaint said. Ive owned this place eight years, and now its all the time. Down the block at an electronics store it is even worse. Jankel Aleman, a salesman, keeps plastic bags and rubber bands...

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Conference hopes to put Miami on America's tech startup map

2014-05-07 00:28:45| IT Services - Topix.net

A south Florida millionaire investor is seeking to turn the city into a science and technology startup hub with a focus on the Americas, leveraging the region's better-known assets - beach condos, low taxes and capital flight from all over Latin America - to attract a new generation of Hispanic entrepreneurs.

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