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Obama plan offers help to U.S. cities on climate's front lines
2013-06-26 01:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: President Barack Obama's climate plan on Tuesday offered help to U.S. cities dealing with natural disasters and specifically for the region slammed by massive Superstorm Sandy in October. For Dawn Zimmer, mayor of Hoboken, New Jersey the plan came not a moment too soon. Hoboken, across the Hudson River from Manhattan, was in the bull's eye of Sandy last October, when storm surges flooded 80 percent of the city, causing $100 million in property damage to 1,700 homes and hundreds of businesses....
LA County cities fight over Metro plans for new trains, subways
2013-06-22 05:54:54| Railroads - Topix.net
The fight to see which parts of Los Angeles County are more train-worthy than others pits the city of Los Angeles against the suburbs, with the proposed westside subway to the sea, Green Line addition to LAX and a Regional Connector in downtown leading the list of accelerated projects.
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Virginia Clean Cities reaches 1,000 vehicle conversions to propane
2013-06-13 11:30:14| Green Car Congress
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Island in the sun: Why are our cities heating up faster than everywhere else?
2013-06-12 13:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: There are hot islands, there are really hot islands, and then there are urban heat islands [PDF] - cities that are hotter, often considerably, than their more rural surrounds. Sound a little strange? Well, you can tell your foil-hat wearing, climate denying friends its nothing new, having been documented as far back as 1810. Simply put, cutting down all the trees, paving over every inch of earth, burying streams in slew ways, and building enormous structures warms things up a bit. Some may like...
Vodafone Australia launches LTE in major cities
2013-06-12 04:42:00| Telecompaper Headlines
(Telecompaper) Vodafone Australia has turned on its LTE network in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Newcastle, and Wollongong on 12 June. Vodafone claims trials showed that its network offers speeds of up to 100 Mbps. The operator is initially opening the network to existing customers and will allow new customers access from next month.
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