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Risk at Coast From Fire at Yosemite
Posted by New York Times: Michael Schwirtz on August 25th, 2013
New York Times: Gov. Jerry Brown of California declared a state of emergency for the city and county of San Francisco over the weekend, as a large wildfire near Yosemite National Park threatened water and electricity going to the area. The fire could cause “temporary interruption” of water and electricity, Mr. Brown said on Friday, as reservoirs and hydroelectric plants were at risk. The fire is approaching the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, which delivers water to about 2.6 million customers in San Francisco and the...
Russia Approves Highway Through Khimki Forest Near Moscow
Posted by New York Times: Michael Schwirtz on December 15th, 2010
New York Times: Environmentalists on Tuesday appeared to lose a protracted battle to prevent construction of a highway through one of the Moscow region’s last remaining forests, just months after President Dmitri A. Medvedev succumbed to a public outcry and temporarily halted the project. A government commission has approved a plan to bisect the Khimki Forest with a five-mile stretch of a highway that will eventually link Moscow and St. Petersburg, officials said Tuesday. Environmentalists have complained that...
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