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Verizon faces more fire from Pittsburgh mayor over FiOS build

2015-11-16 21:33:21| Telecom - Topix.net

Verizon maintains that it won't build out FiOS to any new communities, but Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says the telco has not met the goals of the agreement it signed with the city six years ago. Peduto said in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article that besides not meeting the tenets of the franchise agreement, the carrier has laid off a large part of the local workforce that could have assisted in the FiOS FTTH build.

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Verizon faces more fire from Pittsburgh mayor over FiOS build

2015-11-16 21:18:07| IT Services - Topix.net

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Cities must take lead role in tackling climate change, says Mexico City mayor

2015-11-12 15:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Once notorious for air pollution, Mexico Citys ability to clean its skies has shown it can also be a leader in reducing emissions of greenhouse gases, according to the citys mayor, Miguel Angel Mancera. Speaking at the signing of a new pledge to commit the equivalent of 10% of the citys discretionary budget to defined resilience goals many of which are environment-related Mancera stressed the role that megacities will have to play in tackling global warming. Cities are drivers for...

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