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European automakers and fuel suppliers argue for diesel as they call on policy makers to accelerate fleet renewal
2015-07-08 18:55:45| Green Car Congress
Granite, MetTel argue for wholesale ILEC voice access, say it ensures business service choice
2015-07-07 16:43:58| Telecom - Topix.net
Granite Telecommunications and MetTel, two competitive service providers that focus on serving multi-site business customers, have asked the FCC to ensure that ILECs like AT&T , CenturyLink , and Verizon provide an equivalent TDM-based voice service post IP transition. Joined by TelePacific Communications, Impact Telecom, New Horizon Communications Corp., Xchange Telecom LLC and Access Point, these competitive players have been talking to the FCC under what they refer to as Wholesale Voice Line Coalition.
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Hurricane Sandy and Typhoon Haiyan tied to global warming, scientists argue
2015-06-24 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mashable: Humans are not just loading the dice in favor of extreme weather events, as many scientific studies have shown. They are also changing the characteristics and impacts of those events, be it in the form of an unprecedentedly strong and extremely deadly Typhoon Haiyan or the damaging Boulder, Colorado, floods of 2013. The way that scientists have been probing extreme events for human fingerprints is flawed, however, because it underestimates the influence that global warming is playing, argues a...
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Residents argue against proposed rail line, second in one year
2015-06-19 06:45:02| Railroads - Topix.net
The new track is less than a mile and would actually be placed on the same footprint of an old rail line, but those who live close to the current tracks said a third line would cause more harm than good. Erin Schossow has lived in La Crosse for years, and she recently moved to the corner of St. Cloud and Liberty streets, which is along the route where Canadian Pacific Railway would like to install a third rail line.
US Foods, Sysco in court to argue against feds blocking their merger
2015-05-06 04:15:53| Food - Topix.net
Sysco and US Foods have long sought to complete a $3.5 billion merger, but the Federal Trade Commission wants to block it, arguing the new entity would stifle competition in the food distribution industry. Among the contentions in this hearing, Sysco argued that the FTC is overestimating the new company's market share by a large amount, Bloomberg said.