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NYC City Council gives OK for Bloomberg to run for third term
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I) — who’s pushed an aggressive green agenda — will be able to run for a third four-year term next year, thanks to a City Council vote last week that changed NYC’s term-limits law.
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Green group catalogs world’s 10 worst pollution problems
The world’s worst pollution problems kill millions of people each year and sicken hundreds of millions of others, mostly in developing countries, according to a new report from green group Blacksmith Institute. For the past few years, the group has ranked the world’s top 10 most-polluted sites in order to focus global attention and fuel […]
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Some mass-transit agencies hit hard by financial crisis
Even with increased ridership, some major metropolitan transit agencies are struggling more than usual these days as the credit crisis messes with their funding and ailing banks suddenly call in huge loans, asking for millions of dollars on short notice. Transit agencies in Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., have been affected […]
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Snippets from the news
• Potent greenhouse gas more prevalent than thought. • Environmental activists were “suspected of involvement in terrorism.” • Toys containing banned substances are still on the market. • Asian beetle threatens three New England industries. • India shops for coal in Appalachia. • Must-see green American landmarks. • Many mass transit systems plagued by too […]
