Disasters
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Globe Risks ‘Cataclysmic Changes’ From Warming, World Bank Says | Alex Morales
Current national pledges to reduce greenhouse gases won’t do much to change the current trajectory of temperatures, which are set to rise by about double the United Nations target of 2 degrees ...
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The N.Y. Times Imagines Post-Sandy Looters | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. (Lesson: Don’t get used to the media love) Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Nov. 12, 2012 "The revolution will not be objectively reported." - Richie Alexandro, "Meet Me at ...
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Occupy Freedom and Vigilance (post-Sandy) | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Nov. 6, 2012 “Free speech? Try it and the police will be there with their horses, their clubs, their guns, to stop you.” - Howard Zinn I was ...
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When Zombies Invade, Who Do You Want for President? | Jeffrey Goldberg
Illustration by Ted McGrath Nov. 5, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- And so we are finally here, and not a moment too soon. Every insult has been hurled, every fact misrepresented; positions have been shifted ...
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Storm Threatens Sandy-Devastated Northeast With Chilling Rain | Brian K. Sullivan
A damaged boat sits outside a destroyed mobile home in the Paradise Park trailer park in Highlands, New Jersey, on Nov. 3, 2012. Photograph: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg Nov. 5, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- A ...
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Sandy’s Blackouts Fall to 2.5 Million With New Jersey Worst Off | Benjamin Haas and Jim Polson
Nov. 4, 2012 (Bloomberg) -- Utility crews working around the clock restored power to more than a million homes and businesses yesterday, with New Jersey making up more than half of the 2.5 million ...
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Sandy’s Blackouts Leave 3.5 Million Customers Lacking Power | Mark Chediak, Benjamin Haas and Jim Polson
A fourth day of blackouts for about 3.5 million homes and businesses in the U.S. Northeast taxed the patience of city and state officials concerned that utilities are moving too slowly to repair the ...
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Occupy Wall Street Leading Massive, Volunteer-Powered Recovery Efforts in New York | The Troubadour
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Nov. 2, 2012 (Daily Kos) -- They are thousands-strong and growing: entering devastated neighborhoods yet to see outside help from established aid organizations. They are ...
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The Tribes of New York: Back to the future? | Mickey Z.
Photo credit: Mickey Z. Mickey Z. -- World News Trust Oct. 31, 2012 “I don’t know how to save the world. I don’t have the answers or The Answer. I hold no secret knowledge as to how to fix the ...
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New York City floods as Sandy slams into eastern U.S. | Anna Louie Sussman and Michael Erman
The skyline of lower Manhattan sits in darkness after a preventive power outage in New York October 29, 2012. Hurricane Sandy could be the biggest storm to hit the United States mainland when it ...
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Sandy Strengthens as Hurricane Barrels Toward New Jersey | Esme E. Deprez and Brian K. Sullivan
Oct. 29, 2012 -- NEW YORK (Bloomberg) -- Hurricane Sandy strengthened on its path toward New Jersey, where it is predicted to make landfall today while bringing a life-threatening storm surge as it ...
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