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Rumpke Boosts Recycling in Ohio Towns
2016-07-11 16:09:00| Waste Age
Local officials are lauding contracts recently signed with Rumpke, saying the hauler has helped the municipalities boost recycling rates dramatically. read more
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Flooded Canadian towns in gas heartland declare state of emergency
2016-06-17 20:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Intense flooding has prompted two northern communities in the Canadian province of British Columbia to declare states of emergency, just a month after forest fires prompted evacuations in the region. The city of Dawson Creek, which sits atop the gas rich Montney formation, declared a state of emergency on Friday due to heavy rain that washed out bridges, flooded sewers and forced some 60 people from their homes, the mayor said. "It was a crazy, crazy couple of days," Mayor Dale Bumstead said,...
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Inside one mountain town's struggle to move off coal
2016-06-08 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: On a sunny afternoon in this rapidly growing mountain city, craft-beer drinkers line up for a "pubcycle tour" on a 13-person pedal-powered trolley on wheels. They depart just a few blocks from one of Asheville's certified green restaurants that uses solar panels, buys wind-power credits and composts its waste. Within walking distance is an organic furniture store and a vegan restaurant that makes its own kombucha and feeds the homeless for free. In the middle of a red region, Asheville is a...
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Most expensive UK seaside towns named
2016-05-30 02:32:32| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The UK's most expensive seaside town is Sandbanks in Dorset, with the average house price there nearly 665,000, according to a report.
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Colorado Towns, Farmers Battle Over Water Rights
2016-05-28 23:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: The City of Thornton is one of many growing suburbs of Denver, Colo. On a day without much traffic, it's only a 20-minute commute into the state capitol, and its new homes with big yards make it an attractive bedroom community. Nearly 130,000 people live there, and the population is expected to keep booming. All that big growth comes with a big need for water. In the 1980s, Thornton placed its hopes in the Two Forks Dam project, which would have provided the city with enough water well into the...
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