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Medical pot bill largely welcomed by surveyed north country residents
2014-07-08 09:24:43| Footwear - Topix.net
Patients with certain diseases will be able to seek relief by using marijuana, but they won't be allowed to smoke it.
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Supreme Court largely backs Obamas emissions cuts
2014-06-24 11:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: US president Barack Obamas plans to curb greenhouse gas emissions have been mostly backed by the Supreme Court. Some limits have been placed on the plans, including exempting some smaller emitters. Earlier this month, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a new strategy that aims to cut carbon pollution from fossil fuel power plants by 30% by 2030. The organisation added that the net climate and health benefits of the move would add up to $82 billion (48bn). A group of 128 companies...
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Texas wildfire that caused hundreds to evacuate largely contained
2014-05-12 18:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: A wildfire in the Texas panhandle that destroyed about 100 homes and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of people over the weekend has largely been brought under control, fire officials said on Monday. "We are hoping that with enough crews today, later today, we will get it contained," said Monte Leggett, police chief in the town of Fritch. He said the fire, which started Sunday afternoon about 30 miles (50 kms) northeast of Amarillo and burned about 1,500 acres (600 hectares), was now about...
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Minnesota crude-by-rail spill left largely untouched
2014-02-13 22:58:26| Railroads - Topix.net
Clean-up efforts have been slow coming for some 12,000 gallons of crude oil that spilled from a railcar between the Minnesota towns of Winona and Red Wing on Feb. 3, 2014 According to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, the spill happened because of a cap or valve problem from a car on a Canadian Pacific Railway train.
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Pipeline Opponents Hopes Now Rest Largely on Kerry
2014-02-01 03:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Environmental activists have not been shy in their fight against the Keystone XL pipeline. They have wrapped a giant pipeline around the White House fence, marched on Washington in the frigid cold, been arrested, and followed President Obama around the country to press their concerns while raising millions of dollars for the cause. So on Friday, they largely dismissed the findings of a long-awaited State Department review that concluded the project - which would send 830,000 barrels of oil from...
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