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Obama Calls for Hill to Act on Transportation Funding
2014-05-14 23:32:09| ENR.com: Headline News
White House adds 11 projects, including seven in transportation, to "dashboard" list for expedited federal reviews and permitting.
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Pollution plagues China's Baoding despite bid clean up act
2014-05-14 00:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Seven years ago, the Chinese city of Baoding launched an ambitious "low-carbon" plan using renewables like solar power to light its streets and heat residential buildings, putting it at the forefront of the country's battle to cut pollution. In 2013, Baoding was still the third most polluted city in the country, with levels of harmful particles in the air more than 40 percent above those in the nearby capital Beijing. Baoding's failure to clean up its act underlines the scale of the challenge...
"Simmering conflict": delicate balancing act protecting India's wilderness
2014-05-13 21:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: The Western Ghats of southern India, one of the worlds top biodiversity hotspots, is a 1600-kilometer (1000-mile) mountain chain that runs parallel to the western coast of the Indian subcontinent. It traverses six Indian states (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu) and is home to as many as 250 million people. In the twentieth century, about 40 percent of the original vegetation cover was destroyed; at the same time, research began illuminating the ecological significance...
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AutoZone Sued for Fourth Time for Violating Americans with Disabilities Act
2014-05-12 18:32:37| Auto Parts - Topix.net
According to the EEOC's complaint, from 2009 till at least 2011, AutoZone assessed employees nationwide "points" for absences, without permitting any general exception for disability-related absences.
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ACT Expo 2014 Sees Strong Attendance and Broad Platform for Alternative Fuels, Technologies
2014-05-11 20:10:17| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
By Jon LeSage, Editor, Green Auto Market Alternative, clean transportation appears to be gaining support as evidenced last week during ACT Expo 2014 at the Long Beach, Calif., convention center. Now in its fourth year since inception, the conferences attendance was up perhaps as many as 4,000 attendees, making it the largest event of its type in the US and perhaps the world. ACT Expo keynote speakers, workshops, ride and drive, and an expanded exhibit hall, featured the latest in alternative fuel vehicle technology, the regulatory environment, and cost-benefit analysis by fleets. READ MORE The Article ACT Expo 2014 Sees Strong Attendance and Broad Platform for Alternative Fuels, Technologies appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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