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Ice storms knock out power to 312,000 in Michigan
2013-12-22 23:24:10| Energy - Topix.net
The state's largest utilities say it will be days before most of those blacked out get their power back because of the difficulty of working around ice-broken lines.
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Tree Crews Respond to Winter Storms Cleon and Dion
2013-12-17 20:51:00| Transmission & Distribution World
After almost a week of mobilizing over 1300 additional tree and line repair workers from all across the U.S. to assist utilities primarily in Texas and Arkansas, Asplundhs storm forces focused on completing power restoration services in the wake of back-to-back winter storms Cleon and Dion. read more
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Asplundh Crews Respond to Winter Storms Cleon and Dion
2013-12-16 04:21:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Asplundh crews respond to winter storms. T&D World's The Briefing Room read more
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Big insurers are brought into discussions on how to protect NYC against future storms
2013-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Some of the world's leading insurance companies assembled in a room on Wall Street this fall to hear the opening pitch for a massive undertaking, constructing a chain of coastal barriers to defend the New York City region from future flooding. The ambitious vision differs from the $14 billion system completed recently by the federal government to protect New Orleans from hurricanes that might mimic Katrina. The East Coast project, a potential network of walls, gates and dunes, would be financed...
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Intensifying Storms Are Contributing To Ongoing U.S. Wetlands Loss
2013-12-09 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: The U.S. is losing wetlands at a rate of 80,000 acres per year, in part because of intensifying coastal storms and sea level rise, according to a new government study. From 2004 to 2009, the country lost more than 360,000 acres of freshwater and saltwater wetlands, a decline driven both by traditional factors, such as coastal development, as well as worsening storms and slowly rising seas, the study says. The rate of loss is a signal that government efforts to protect and restore wetlands are failing...
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