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Severe weather cuts of rail links to south west England
2014-02-09 13:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Severe flooding and landslips have completely cut off rail routes to large parts of south west of England as storms continue to batter southern Britain. Some areas of Somerset in south west England have been underwater for over a month in the wettest January on record, and the government has come under pressure for not putting enough resources into preventing flooding. Prime Minister David Cameron announced extra funding for flood defence repairs earlier this week after high tides and stormy seas...
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Without Keystone approval, more Alberta oil will be shipped by rail: Doer
2014-02-08 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Edmonton Journal: The amount of Alberta oil being shipped to our southern neighbours will continue to increase even without the approval of the Keystone pipeline, Canadas ambassador to the United States said Friday in Edmonton, where he continued his pitch for the approval of the controversial project. In a lunchtime speech to the Canadian Club of Edmonton, Ambassador Gary Doer said the amount of Canadian oil being shipped to the U.S. by rail is increasing yearly. If you choose not to build the pipeline, and...
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Rail headaches force American Crystal Sugar to slow production
2014-02-07 08:01:46| Sugar Industry News
HILLSBORO, N.D. American Crystal Sugar Co. says it is slowing down sugar production at three of its five factories immediately because of slow rail service. Some agricultural industry officials feel they\'re losing out to oil traffic.
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Mexico rail freight sector mulls legal fight to proposed reform
2014-02-07 05:48:12| Railroads - Topix.net
Two companies that control almost all of Mexico's rail freight market said on Thursday that proposed legislation to open up the industry ignores a concession granting exclusivity for another 14 years and are weighing legal action to quash the bill.
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Network Rail signs over 600m contract with five suppliers
2014-02-07 01:00:00| Railway Technology
Network Rails National Delivery Service (NDS) has signed a five-year contract worth over 600m with DB Schenker, Freightliner Heavy Haul, GBRf, Direct Rail Services and Colas Rail to provide haulage in different proportions for its fleet of engineer
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