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MTA Could Get Surprise Funding Bump From State Budget Deal
2013-03-28 02:28:59| Railroads - Topix.net
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority could be coming into $40 million in extra money that's been added to the tentative state budget.
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Sonoco gives $1 billion boost to state economy
2013-03-27 04:51:36| Paper - Topix.net
Global packaging giant Sonoco has created more than 9,300 jobs and generated more than $473 million in income for South Carolinians.
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Court lets state continue issuing water permits as whoopers case ...
2013-03-27 04:35:03| Waste Management - Topix.net
On Tuesday, a panel of three judges from the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals granted the state's request for a stay as the case concerning the deaths of 23 whooping cranes continues to move through the appeals process.
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State Tells Investors That Climate Change May Hurt Its Finances
2013-03-27 03:39:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the administration of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has started to caution investors that climate change poses a long-term risk to the states finances. The warning, which is now appearing in the states bond offerings, comes as Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, continues to urge that public officials come to grips with the frequency of extreme weather and to declare that climate change is a reality. A spokesman for Mr. Cuomo said he believed New York was the first state to caution...
Peru declares environmental state of emergency in its rainforest
2013-03-26 19:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Peru has declared an environmental state of emergency in a remote part of its northern Amazon rainforest, home for decades to one of the country's biggest oil fields, currently operated by the Argentinian company Pluspetrol. Achuar and Kichwa indigenous people living in the Pastaza river basin near Peru's border with Ecuador have complained for decades about the pollution, while successive governments have failed to deal with it. Officials indicate that for years the state lacked the required...
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