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Experts: Cash infusion helps NY transit but isn't cure-all
2015-10-13 00:18:26| Railroads - Topix.net
A $29 billion infusion into the city's transportation network, brokered during a political fight that threatened commuters, likely will still leave the nation's largest regional transportation network lagging behind modern systems across the globe but will provide repairs and upgrades needed to keep pace with booming ridership, transit experts said. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's five-year modernization plan now has funding for scores of improvements, including more than 1,000 new subway cars, more real-time countdown clocks, better signals that lead to faster service and more than 80 miles of track repair, including some to rails damaged by Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
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Experts: Cash Infusion Would Aid NYC Transit, Isn't Cure-All
2015-10-12 23:14:45| Railroads - Topix.net
Transit experts say a planned $29 billion infusion into New York City's transportation network will help but not completely overhaul the massive system. A deal was brokered over the weekend that includes $2.5 billion from the city and $8.3 billion from the state.
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Stop eating beef to protect your environment: Experts
2015-10-10 23:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
DNA: Beef eating has impassioned the nation, with politicians of all hues duelling like bulls in rage. Religious taboos are one aspect, but there is also a very strong environmental angle for not eating beef. The United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has dubbed beef as a 'climate-harmful meat'. It is very energy intensive to produce every gram of beef, on an average every hamburger results in 3 kg of carbon emissions to the atmosphere. Today, saving the planet is really about ensuring sustainable...
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Auto experts: Top managers probably knew of VW cheating
2015-10-08 00:15:45| Automakers - Topix.net
Auto industry insiders strongly suspect the emissions cheating scandal at Volkswagen is much wider and reaches higher up the corporate ladder than the company is letting on. Volkswagen's new CEO, Matthias Mueller, was quoted Wednesday as telling a German newspaper that the investigation so far has found that a few software developers tampered with the pollution controls on some of VW's diesel engines.
More Plastic Packaging Can Mean Less Waste, Say Experts
2015-10-05 21:10:00| Waste Age
Plastics News New research has indicated that increasing the use of plastic in food packaging in a smart way can reduce spoilage in food and drink products, reducing waste. read more
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