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Climate ChangeDenying Candidates Targeted by Green Billionaire Change Tune

2014-10-13 22:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

TakePart: Billionaire former hedge-fund manager Tom Steyer is spending $50 million of his own money to make climate change a defining issue in the 2014 midterm elections. That, according to New York Times columnist David Brooks, is just "stupid." The superrich San Francisco environmental activist could have spent the money "paying for kids to go to college," wrote Brooks on Oct. 10. "Instead he has spent that much money this year further enriching the people who own TV stations. What a waste." Except...

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$4.7M targeted for cleanup of Buffalo River

2014-09-30 11:50:43| Chemicals - Topix.net

Efforts to get the Buffalo River off of the list of Great Lakes "toxic hotspots" are getting a new cash infusion. The cleanup is getting nearly $4.7 million from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under its Great Lakes Restoration Initiative.

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CL&P Stamford Cable Project on Time for Targeted Energization

2014-09-26 02:42:00| Transmission & Distribution World

The Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) Stamford Reliability Cable Project, for which construction began early this past Spring, is moving steadily toward its scheduled completion date of year end 2014. read more

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Truckies targeted in bikie drugs crackdown

2014-09-10 03:48:45| Trucking - Topix.net

Police say they are concerned parts of the trucking industry are involved in moving drugs around regional Queensland for outlaw motorcycle gangs. Officers targeted drivers and trucks of interest, particularly in the far north and Gulf region, during a recent operation which saw weapons and drugs seized and almost 50 people charged statewide, including 14 from Cairns, Port Douglas, Karumba and Normanton.

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