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Texas towns test oil and gas supremacy on fracking
2014-11-30 22:19:53| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
A Texas hamlet shaken by its first recorded earthquake last year and hundreds since then is among communities now taking steps to challenge the oil and gas industry's traditional supremacy over the right to frack. Reno Mayor Lyndamyrth Stokes said spooked residents started calling last November: "I heard a boom, then crack! The whole house shook.
White House turns climate change spotlight to US cities, towns
2014-11-17 12:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: After announcing a major deal with China to curb emissions and a $3 billion pledge into a fund to help poor countries fight climate change last week, the Obama administration will turn its focus to American towns and cities to help them adapt to the impacts of global warming. On Monday, a task force of eight governors, 16 mayors and two tribal leaders will meet with Vice President Joe Biden and senior White House officials to present recommendations on how they can help local communities deal...
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VIDEO: Cape Town's 'steampunk' coffee shop
2014-11-07 13:37:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
A successful steampunk-themed cafe in Cape Town, Truth Coffee Roasting, started up in a "neglected building in a really run down neighbourhood" according to co-founder David Donde.
Lava stalls short of Big Island town's main road
2014-11-02 00:35:16| Airlines - Topix.net
UPDATES with latest developments; map shows extent of lava flow from Hawaiian volcano; 3c x 4 inches; 146 mm x 101 mm; Lava from Kilauea volcano has stalled just under 500 feet from the main road in Pahoa on the Big Island, officials said Saturday. Los Angeles area authorities say they're looking for a motorist who crashed into three teenage girls trick-or-treating in Halloween costumes, leaving them with fatal injuries and fleeing the scene.
Small Towns Wrestle with Lengths They'll Go for Water
2014-10-06 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Texas Tribune: On a recent afternoon, leaders of the V.V. Water Company visited Loving County officials to talk about how they could help the West Texas county meet its growing water needs. Loving County, which has 95 residents, according to a 2013 Census Bureau estimate, making it the least populated county in the lower 48 states, has a public water supply system. But with the Permian Basin's flourishing oil and gas industry, county officials expect that they will need more water to accommodate growth. Loving...
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