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US east-coast cities are 'sitting ducks' for storms, says top Obama scientist
2013-01-15 21:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Cities on the United States east coast are "sitting ducks" for the next big storm because of the destruction wrought by hurricane Sandy, one of Barack Obama's top scientists warned on Tuesday. Marcia McNutt, who last week announced her resignation as director of the US Geological Survey, told a conference that Sandy had left coastal communities dangerously exposed to future storms of any size. "Superstorm Sandy was a threshold for the north-east and we have already crossed it," McNutt told...
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CHINA: Apparel retailers turn to lower-tier cities
2013-01-15 15:50:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
International apparel retailers are looking to strengthen their presence in lower-tier cities in China amid increasing competition, a report by the Li & Fung Research Centre has found.
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Do Cities Really Take the Lead on Climate Change?
2013-01-15 15:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Atlantic Cities: Climate change is at least a distant fifth in line for attention from the federal government, behind sequestration, debt ceiling, gun control, and immigration. Couple that position with the fact that many Congressional lawmakers don't even think warming exists, and the United States isn't likely to take meaningful climate action anytime soon. That means it's up to localities to take the lead states in a general sense, but really cities themselves when it comes to the details. To better understand...
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Twin Cities Realtors detail a recovering 2012 housing market
2013-01-12 02:30:53| Real Estate - Topix.net
Buyer demand led to more sales, more sales led to rising prices, and that rise may lead more people to put their homes on the market.
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KPMG survey finds global auto execs expect ICE dominance for some time; ICE downsizing and PHEVs to receive greatest investment over next 5 years; mobility-as-a-service in cities
2013-01-10 22:30:15| Green Car Congress
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