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Frances Vinci completes infrastructure works on Tours-Bordeaux HSL
2015-07-09 01:00:00| Railway Technology
French construction company Vinci has completed infrastructure and civil engineering work on the 340km South Europe Atlantic high-speed rail line, taking 38 months.
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The Tour de France's Tech Transformation
2015-07-03 16:00:00| TechNewsWorld
The 102nd running of the longest sporting event in the world, the Tour de France, begins Saturday. The race first took place in 1903, and it has continued every year since, except during WWI and WWII. In the 112 years since that first race, the technology utilized by the riders has changed dramatically. Today, the racers ride bikes with frames made of advanced carbon fiber.
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Frances Simmons to lead Irvington parade
2015-07-01 21:31:20| Paper - Topix.net
When Frances Chase Simmons rides down King Carter Drive in a convertible during the Irvington 4th of July Hometown Parade Friday, she will be waving to the crowd as the official grand marshal.
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France's biggest insurer Axa axes coal investments
2015-05-25 02:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: France's largest insurer will scrap holdings in coal companies because of concerns about climate change, broadening support for the fossil-fuel divestment movement to a major mainstream investor. Axa SA Chief Executive Officer Henri de Castries said he's working to sell 500 million euros ($702 million) of coal assets and triple "green investments" to 3 billion euros by 2020. He joined investors in Paris saying companies must act to contain global warming. "There is one thing which is absolutely...
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France's Hollande concerned about slow progress in climate talks
2015-05-20 17:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: French President Francois Hollande said he was worried about a lack of progress towards a United Nations climate deal in Paris in December and called on the financial sector to decarbonize its investment portfolios. Hollande said that only 37 of 196 U.N. member states had so far submitted plans to the United Nations outlining their actions to slow global warming beyond 2020. The plans are meant to be the building blocks for a deal in Paris. "I note and I am concerned that at the moment I am speaking...
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