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Judge: Paint companies to pay Calif. cities $1.1B
2013-12-17 03:22:54| Chemicals - Topix.net
A judge has ordered paint companies to pay 10 California cities and counties $1.1 billion to remove lead from millions of older homes.
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A Tale of Two Cities: America Bipolar Climate Future
2013-12-13 17:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Spiegel: New York City and New Bern, North Carolina both face the same projected rise in sea levels, but while one is preparing for the worst, the other is doing nothing on principle. A glimpse into America's contradictory climate change planning. When Veronica White and Tom Thompson stand on the coastline of their respective cities, 680 kilometers (423 miles) apart, they gaze out at the same ocean, but see different things. White, the commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation,...
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Secondhand smoke: Why East Coast cities are still choking on midwestern pollution
2013-12-13 13:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: When pollution drifts by wind into other states, landing in peoples lungs and endangering their lives, it seems sensible to require the state where the pollution originated to put in controls so its industry stops harming its neighbors. Its like a family of smokers in which a child has asthma: The onus is on the adults to limit their smoking so it doesnt reach the crib or the playroom. But what if the pollution is coming from several different states, and mixing in ways that its difficult...
State Oil, Gas Association Sues Colorado Cities Over Fracing Bans
2013-12-10 16:55:00| OGI
With 95% of all wells in Colorado hydraulically fractured, any ban on fracing is a ban on oil and gas development.
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Vodafone Ireland switches on 4G in six cities, 31 towns
2013-12-10 10:16:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Vodafone Ireland switches on 4G services in six cities and 31 towns across the country from 09 December. Customers can access the network using 4G ready handsets, with 4G included in RED and RED Business price plans. New areas will be switched on in the coming months. The six cities where 4G is launching now are Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway, Waterford and Kilkenny.
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