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Port Authority Debates Third Tower
2014-04-21 05:01:14| Footwear - Topix.net
The prospect of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey giving aid to build a third World Trade Center tower amid slow leasing at the first two has led to open a new concept at the bistate agency: open debate.
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Wisconsin debates fracking as sand mining for drilling booms
2014-04-18 18:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
CBS: In Wisconsin, residents are having an emotional debate over fracking. The state is rich in a special kind of sand used in that controversial gas drilling technique, and mining companies are lining up to get to it. That means jobs, and lots of them. But some residents fear the sand mining boom is ruining their farmland -- not to mention their health. Dean Reynolds reports.
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California Legislature Debates Fracking Moratorium
2014-04-09 08:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
KPBS: Most hydraulic fracturing in California is done to extract to oil in areas like this field in Kern County. A California senate committee has moved a bill forward that would place a moratorium on fracking. The move comes less than a year after the passage of legislation that regulates the oil-extraction process. Senate Bill 4 put several fracking regulations in place for the oil industry. SB4 also requires a study analyzing the health and safety risks of fracking. At the committee hearing, oil...
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Forum debates catering sector trends in procurement
2014-03-27 17:08:00| BIFM News
The catering function and how best to procure it was the focal point of discussion at the latest BIFM FM Leaders Forum.
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Senate Committee Debates Whether Keystone XL Is in the U.S. National Interest
2014-03-14 05:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: The Senate Foreign Relations Committee held a hearing Thursday to consider whether approval of Keystone XL, the proposed 1,660-mile pipeline from Alberta, Canada, to Texas, is in the national interest of the United States. The State Department released its final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on Keystone in January, moving the decision on the pipeline into the hands of Secretary of State John Kerry and President Barack Obama. The administration is expected to make a national-interest determination...
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