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ODOT, the City of Portland and TriMet set winter preparedness kickoff
2013-12-06 01:47:43| PortlandOnline
Local transportation agencies will hold a news briefing at ODOTs Sylvan maintenance yard Friday morning to discuss preparations for winter weather and what the public needs to do when traveling in wintery conditions.
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News Advisory: ODOT, PBOT and TriMet set winter preparedness kickoff
2013-12-06 00:47:17| PortlandOnline
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Japan may set up UK-style decommission agency for Fukushima plant
2013-12-05 09:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Japan's ruling party could set up a British-style agency to shut down the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, taking control of a project now managed by the station's embattled operator, a senior party policymaker said on Thursday. A huge earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 triggered three meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear station, the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl in 1986, and exposed a lack of preparation by Tokyo Electric Power Co, or Tepco. The company has floundered for...
Should EPA Mirror The Carbon Pollution Standards Set By The Northeastern States?
2013-12-04 14:43:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Forbes: Final federal rules for existing coal plants and how much carbon dioxide they can emit are forthcoming. And one such regional organization is encouraging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to follow its lead, which the nine northeastern states say could become a national model. The added spotlight is coming as EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy prepares to travel to China next week, which along with the United States, are the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases that most scientists say is...
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Dredging set to swamp decades of Great Barrier Reef protection
2013-12-04 12:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: For all the small gains weve made so far, it looks likely that pollution of the Great Barrier Reef is set to soar. Thanks to an extraordinary effort, we have stopped at least 360,000 tonnes of sediment and large amounts of other agricultural run-off polluting Australia's most famous natural wonder. Yet all that effort to protect the reef looks like it's about to be swamped. 140 million tonnes of marine sediment are proposed to be dredged during port development in the Great Barrier Reef over...
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