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Philippines: Typhoon-hit towns begin rebuilding
2013-11-24 05:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Japan Times: A frantic campaign to reach millions of hungry, injured and homeless people in the Philippines following one of the world`s strongest storms is almost over. Now the grinding slog of rebuilding begins. Experts say it will cost billions of dollars and take years to revive communities that were destroyed when Typhoon Haiyan swept in from the Pacific Ocean more than two weeks ago, killing at least 5,200 people. At 315 kph, Haiyan`s winds were the most powerful ever recorded to make landfall. Tsunamilike...
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Matthew 25: Ministries delivers tornado relief to Illinois towns
2013-11-20 05:56:32| Apparel - Topix.net
Illinois tornadoes trigger disaster relief response from Matthew 25: Ministries.
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Colorado an energy battleground as towns ban fracking
2013-11-06 13:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Three Colorado cities have rejected oil and gas production work that relies on so-called fracking, unofficial election returns showed on Wednesday in a setback for an industry that won other battles this year in Democratic strongholds like California. Boulder, Lafayette and Fort Collins passed measures with solid margins to suspend or ban the technique formally known as hydraulic fracturing. But a fourth community, Broomfield, about 12 miles (19 km) east of Boulder, narrowly rejected a fracking...
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One US town's battle over the minimum wage
2013-11-05 12:02:54| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
One US town's battle over the minimum wage
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One year after Sandy, New Jersey towns accelerate dune building, despite holdouts
2013-10-26 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: That stubby dune is now at the center of a major shift that stands to strengthen local officials against oceanfront homeowners who refuse to surrender thin strips of their beach property to the federal government for a much more ambitious program of dune construction. The change came in July, when the state Supreme Court reversed a lower court ruling that granted $375,000 to Harvey Cedars homeowners Harvey and Phyllis Karan after the town took a section of their beach through eminent domain. The...
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