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Victoria government awards rail level crossing removal contracts
2013-05-02 01:00:00| Railway Technology
The Victoria government in Australia has awarded a contract to two groups to remove three rail level crossings in the state.
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Harvard University Recognizes EPA Renewable Energy Program as a Top Government Innovation
2013-05-01 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
EPA's RE-Powering America's Land Initiative was recognized as one of the Top 25 Innovations in American Government by Harvard University. Started in 2008, initiative encourages development of renewable energy on potentially contaminated lands, landfills, and mining sites. Since RE-Powering’s inception, more than 70 renewable energy projects have been installed. These early projects represent over 215 MW of installed capacity, which could power approximately 35,000 homes. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
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United Kingdom: Beware the rise of the government scientists turned lobbyists
2013-04-29 21:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: What happens to people when they become government science advisers? Are their children taken hostage? Is a dossier of compromising photographs kept, ready to send to the Sun if they step out of line? I ask because, in too many cases, they soon begin to sound less like scientists than industrial lobbyists. The mad cow crisis 20 years ago was exacerbated by the failure of government scientists to present the evidence accurately. The chief medical officer wrongly claimed that there was "no risk...
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Philippine government must scale up action to combat climate change, campaigners urge
2013-04-27 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Business Mirror: Climate campaigners hailed the government on Thursday for its exemplary effort in combating the effects of climate change and making communities ready to face its impacts. But theres still a lot to be done, said Renato Redentor Constantino, executive director of the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC). Constantino, former climate campaigner for Greenpeace Southeast Asia (Greenpeace SEA), said the Aquino administration is on the right track when it allocated P13 billion...
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Government share sale chief quits
2013-04-26 11:26:20| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The man in charge of selling off the government's stakes in Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds has resigned.
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