Tanker Carrying Bakken Oil to Canadian Refinery Runs Aground - Bloomberg

Tanker Carrying Bakken Oil to Canadian Refinery Runs Aground - Bloomberg: "The first oil tanker carrying Bakken crude to Irving Oil Corp.’s refinery in Canada from Albany, New York, ran aground in the Hudson River, delaying the first of what is expected to be many voyages on the route."

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MTA: All fares go up in 2013; unavoidable | The Poughkeepsie Journal | poughkeepsiejournal.com

MTA: All fares go up in 2013; unavoidable | The Poughkeepsie Journal | poughkeepsiejournal.com: "“We are not the fat, profligate, out-of-control agency that people make the MTA out to be. We’ve done everything we can to control costs,” board Chairman Joseph Lhota said. “I agree with everyone that our riders pay too much of the cost.”"

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Communities hit by Sandy “form like Voltron” and fight back « ear to earth

Communities hit by Sandy “form like Voltron” and fight back « ear to earth: "The stakes are high for people in the Rockaways. More than month and a half after Superstorm Sandy, winter is setting in and many of the ten thousand residents of this Queens neighborhood still lack heat or electricity. Many have no hot water. And there’s another festering crisis: mold. "

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In 2009, Victor Bernace ran for city council on a single issue: #freetransit

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Subways should be as safe as elevators

The Air-train at JFK Airport has sliding doors to protect passengers from the track area. Most subways around the world have such protection. Why not the U.S.?

Why no subway safety doors in the United States?

Thailand, Korea, France, China, Russia, Spain, Canada, are just a few of the countries where subway safety doors are found. In the U.S. a few airports have them, so we know how to do it. There is no excuse. 

Taipei, Taiwan. Passengers are screened from the tracks by a safety wall with doors-Wikipedia.

Fracking good for the climate? What a load of hot air - NY Daily News

Fracking good for the climate? What a load of hot air  - NY Daily News: "The fracking cheerleaders are misinformed. Drilling for natural gas has some disastrous environmental consequences. It will speed climate change, not help stave it off."

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#occupysandy video - we must get off fossil fuels

Relief Is Not Enough: Nov 14–20th Climate Solidarity Actions | OccupyWallSt.org

Occupy Sandy volunteers feed hungry FEMA workers

Relief Is Not Enough: Nov 14–20th Climate Solidarity Actions | OccupyWallSt.org: "In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, New Yorkers are showing the best of humanity, self-organizing to provide mutual aid in spite of the establishment's continued failure to turn the lights back on. Free kitchens were distributing hot meals within hours. Thousands of pounds of food, clothing, and other donations have been distributed across Red Hook, Staten Island, the Rockaways, and Coney Island. Cleanup of flood damage has begun, and volunteers continue to go door-to-door in the neglected buildings that still lack heat and electricity. Of course, this encouraging response does not minimize the true scope of tragedy this storm has left behind. We must continue to provide for each other and, as we do, show the world that another way of relating to one another is not only possible, but necessary in the face of economic and ecological catastrophe."

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#occupysandy is mutual aid, not charity

Occupy Sandy is a coordinated relief effort to help distribute resources & volunteers to help neighborhoods and people affected by Hurricane Sandy. We are a coalition of people & organizations who are dedicated to implementing aid and establishing hubs for neighborhood resource distribution. Members of this coalition are from Occupy Wall Street, 350.org, recovers.org, InterOccupy.net and many individual volunteers.
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