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Cities are finally treating water as a resource, not a nuisance
2015-09-02 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ensia: Memorial Day barbecues and parades were thwarted this year in Houston when a massive storm dumped more than 10 inches of rain in two days, creating a Waterworld of flooded freeways, cars, houses and businesses, leaving several people dead and hundreds in need of rescue. But it was a predictable disaster. Thats because, thanks to a pro-development bent, the magnitude of stormwater runoff has increased dramatically as Houston has sprawled across 600 or so square miles of mud plain veined with rivers,...
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AT&T launches GigaPower map highlighting current and planned cities
2015-09-01 19:30:04| Telecom - Topix.net
AT&T's plan to combat Google and its fast Google Fiber internet service is called GigaPower. Earlier this year, GigaPower came to Kansas City , the first location where Google rolled out Google Fiber.
TechFlash's 5 things: AT&T expands U-verse with GigaPower to nine more DFW cities
2015-08-31 21:15:45| Telecom - Topix.net
AT&T has been making some serious investments in speed and reach, and recently accepted millions of dollars in funding to continue that initiative. Also, Dallas New Tech is back in action this week, and startups have one last day to vie for a $50,000 in an upcoming pitch contest.
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Exelon mulls closure of unprofitable Quad Cities nuke plant
2015-08-31 08:32:03| Energy - Topix.net
The owner of Illinois' 11 nuclear reactors must decide next month whether to close its Quad Cities plant, one of three generating stations Exelon Corp. has said are in danger of closing if lawmakers don't approve a surcharge on electric bills to boost profits. This Oct. 7, 2011 photo shows the North entrance to the Exelon nuclear power plant, in Cordova Ill.
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Exelon Mulls Closure of Unprofitable Quad Cities Nuke Plant
2015-08-30 22:07:08| Energy - Topix.net
Exelon Corp. has until Oct. 1 to decide if it'll close its unprofitable Quad Cities nuclear plant, and is still pushing state lawmakers for a fix. The company says the two-reactor plant in northwestern Illinois is losing money because of high costs of moving electricity along transmission lines shared with wind power and increased competition from lower-cost natural gas-fired plants.
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