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Warming Threatens Roads, Ports and Planes, Report Says
2014-07-28 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: The transportation sector is a major contributor to climate-changing carbon dioxide emissions, and, worldwide, it's also one of the most vulnerable sectors to the effects of climate change, according to a new report. In other words, climate change could mean "sun kinks' could warp train tracks in the heat, airplanes will be more expensive to fly, highway surfaces could soften in heat waves, roadways and bridges could be washed away in rising seas and storm surges, and storms in the open ocean...
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BlackRock Sees Revival as Roads Attract Tata: Corporate India
2014-07-24 09:34:33| Steel - Topix.net
Billionaires Anil Ambani and Ajay Piramal are joining the Tata Group in seeking distressed Indian road projects offered by debt-laden builders amid Prime Minister Narendra Modi's plan to boost infrastructure spending.
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Roads through the rainforest: an overview of South America's 'arc of deforestation'
2014-07-22 00:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: When a new road centipedes its way across a landscape, the best of intentions may be laid with the pavement. But roads, by their very nature, are indiscriminate pathways, granting access for travel and trade along with deforestation and other forms of environmental degradation. And as the impacts of roads on forest ecosystems become clear, governments and planning agencies reach a moral crossroads. Roads have the potential to greatly cut costs for businesses and farms, grant rural communities...
The Oil Boom Affects Texas, North Dakota Roads
2014-07-11 18:41:00| OGI
"Texas seeks $1 billion to maintain roads in the oil belt," according to Bloomberg.
Motor racing on public roads plan
2014-07-11 17:53:03| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
David Cameron says the government is to give local authorities the power to stage motor races on public roads.
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