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No action taken to avert LIRR strike in New York Sunday
2014-07-16 04:53:22| Railroads - Topix.net
A man consults the LIRR departure board amid morning commuters, in New York's Penn Station, Tuesday, July 15, 2014.
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MTA makes new bid to avert LIRR strike, but unions are disappointed
2014-06-21 05:54:43| Railroads - Topix.net
The MTA has made a new offer to eight Long Island Rail Road unions that it says attempts to give them what they want, but in a way the agency and its riders can afford, Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman Thomas Prendergast said Friday.
Obama suggests his upcoming rule on coal plants will avert long-term health crisis
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Fox: President Obama on Saturday tried to bolster public support for new rules his administration will announce next week on coal-firing power plants, arguing their carbon emissions are a national health crisis beyond hurting the economy and causing global warming. We dont have to choose between the health of our economy and the health of our children, Obama said in his weekly address. As president and as a parent, I refuse to condemn our children to a planet thats beyond fixing. The cost...
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U.N. Climate Panel Warns Speedier Action Is Needed Avert Disaster
2014-04-13 22:35:19| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Delivering the latest stark news about climate change on Sunday, a United Nations panel warned that governments are not doing enough to avert profound risks in coming decades. But the experts found a silver lining: Not only is there still time to head off the worst, but the political will to do so seems to be rising around the world. In a report unveiled here, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found that decades of foot-dragging by political leaders had propelled humanity into a critical...
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U.N. climate panel warns speedier action is needed to avert disaster
2014-04-13 14:38:56| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The countries of the world have dragged their feet so long on global warming that the situation is now critical, experts appointed by the United Nations reported Sunday, and only an intensive worldwide push over the next 15 years can stave off potentially disastrous climatic changes later in the century. It remains technically possible to keep planetary warming to a tolerable level, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change found, according to a report unveiled here. But even in parts of the...
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