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Homebuyers feel the heat with real estate minibooms
2013-07-14 11:05:50| Real Estate - Topix.net
Jason and Megan Komenda are expecting their first child in late August and will be moving into this home on the Northwest Side in the Wildwood neighborhood.
BRM Announces Cylinder Hones For Surface Finishing Main Bearing Bores; Flexible Honing Improves Lubrication And Heat Dissipation While Reducing Friction
2013-07-12 06:22:45| surfacefinishing News Articles
Brush Research Manufacturing (BRM), maker of flexible honing tools and a full line of industrial brushes, is announcing a new application for its Flex-Hone® tool
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Deadly derailment adds heat to Keystone XL, crude-by-rail debates
2013-07-10 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
E&E: The fatal weekend derailment of a 73-car oil train in Quebec is adding the heat of disaster politics to the volatile Keystone XL debate, as environmentalists expand their case against fossil-fuel infrastructure beyond pitting rail against pipelines and industry observers wonder if the continental boom in crude on the tracks will slow down in the wake of the incident. Canadian officials yesterday estimated that explosions triggered by the train's unmooring in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killed at least...
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Minorities more likely to live in 'urban heat islands,' study finds
2013-07-10 15:37:40| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: Blacks, Asians and Latinos are more likely to live in urban heat islands that are most at risk during extreme heat waves that are expected to worsen due to climate change, according to a new study. Researchers at UC Berkeley used satellite imagery to find neighborhoods in hundreds of U.S. cities where there are few shade trees and a lot of heat-absorbing, impervious surfaces like pavement, cement or roofing. The authors paired that information with data from the 2000 Census to find that blacks...
Extreme heat reveals extreme infrastructure challenges
2013-07-09 19:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Having trouble beating the heat this summer? Imagine how your infrastructure feels. Last summer, we told you about extreme heat leading to buckling roads, melting runways, and kinky railroad tracks. Now we`re also hearing about droopy power lines and grounded airplanes. NPRs Science Friday hosted a discussion last week with Vicki Arroyo, executive director of the Georgetown Climate Center, about how cities can adapt to hotter temperatures and other climate impacts like floods and rising sea...
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