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Record Heat Sparks Warnings, Stokes Wildfires In Western U.S
2016-06-20 09:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Wildfire warnings were posted across parts of three Western U.S. states on Sunday as a heat wave baked the region in record, triple-digit temperatures, stoking flames in California from the coastal foothills outside Santa Barbara to desert brush near the Mexican border. Excessive heat advisories and "red flag warnings" for extreme fire conditions were in effect across southern portions of California, Nevada and Arizona, the National Weather Service reported on the eve of the first official day...
LGP begins construction on $4bn redevelopment project at LaGuardia Airport, US
2016-06-20 01:00:00| Airport Technology
LaGuardia Gateway Partners (LGP) has begun construction of the new LaGuardia Airport in New York City, US, marking the execution of the first complete rebuild of an airport in the country in more than 20 years.
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Danish Navy officially takes delivery of MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from US Navy
2016-06-20 01:00:00| Naval Technology
The Royal Danish Navy has officially taken delivery of the first three MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from the US Navy during a ceremony.
It's the first new U.S. nuclear reactor in decades
2016-06-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: In an immaculate control room at the Watts Bar nuclear plant, green bars flash on a large screen, signaling something that has not happened in the United States in two decades. As control rods lift from the water in the core, and neutrons go about the business of splitting uranium atoms, life comes to a new nuclear reactor -- the first in the country since its sister reactor here was licensed in 1996. By summers end, authorities expect the new reactor at this complex along the Chickamauga...
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'Rare, dangerous' heat headed parts of Western US
2016-06-19 14:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
PhysOrg: It's a dry heat, Phoenix residents like to say about Arizona's hot weather. That bravado may vanish as the thermometer flirts with 120 degrees this weekend. Phoenix won't be alone in the oven. A strengthening ridge of high pressure lifting out of Mexico is on course to also scorch other parts of Arizona and Southern California, bringing potentially record-shattering temperatures. Though accustomed to triple digits, the upcoming heat spell is a rarity in Phoenix, a desert metropolis of 1.5 million...
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