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Thursday, February 21, 2013

NYC lifting gas rationing after two weeks | Reduction

NYC lifting gas rationing after two weeks

Thanksgiving cheer distributed for men in service. New York City turned host to the boys in service today and cared for every man in uniform. Underwood and Underwood: ca. 1918
Thanksgiving cheer distributed for men in service. New York City turned host to the boys in service today and cared for every man in uniform. Underwood and Underwood: ca. 1918 by The U.S. National Archives
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Two weeks after it was instituted due to shortages caused by Superstorm Sandy, New York City's gas rationing system will end at 6 a.m. ET on Saturday, the city revealed Friday. "More than 85 percent of gas stations in the city are now operational and the available supply of gasoline and diesel fuel is only expected to continue to increase," the city said in a news release. Mayor Michael Bloomberg had actually bought the odd-even license plate system after long lines and short tempers at gas stations across the city. Similar rationing ended earlier in New Jersey and on Long Island. The city additionally revealed it had actually coordinated the distribution of 26,500 cost-free Thanksgiving meals to locals impacted by Sandy. Because Sandy, even more than 2. 7 million meals have actually been dispersed.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg

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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

A State-by-State Look at Superstorm's Effects | Synopsis

A State-by-State Look at Superstorm's Effects

8 Spruce Street by Frank Gehry, Seaport, New York | IMG_4802
8 Spruce Street by Frank Gehry, Seaport, New York | IMG_4802 by jikatu
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The massive storm that started out as Hurricane Sandy slammed into the East Coast and morphed into a huge and problematic system, killing at least 90 people in the United States. Power outages now stand at more than 4. 5 million homes and businesses, down from a peak of 8. 5 million. Here's a snapshot of what is happening, state by state. U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says the federal government will offer as much help as it can to Connecticut homeowners and business owners affected by the Superstorm Sandy. She toured the state's storm-battered shoreline by helicopter Thursday with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and other government officials. Deaths: 3. Power outages: 350,000, down from a peak of 625,000. Governor lifts state of emergency and authorizes National Guard to continue cleanup support. Shelters close. Deaths: none. Power outages: 500, down from more than 45,000.

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Secretary Janet Napolitano

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Gov. Dannel P. Malloy

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StateOrCounty: New Jersey

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StateOrCounty: Connecticut

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Country: United States

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Facility: Gulf station

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Tuesday, January 15, 2013

EPA Says Its Ethanol Rules Aren't Driving Up Food Prices | Synopsis

EPA Says Its Ethanol Rules Aren't Driving Up Food Prices

Go For It
Go For It by Enokson
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The ethanol industry is happy with the Environmental Protection Agency today. If you're worried about the price of meat, though, you may not be so pleased. Even though corn is in short supply, because of this summer's historic drought, the EPA just announced that it will keep in place a federal rule that requires more than a third of the nation's corn to be converted into ethanol and blended into gasoline. A sign on the pump advertises the ethanol content of the gasoline as a motorist reaches for the gas pump in his truck at a filling station in Bellmead, Texas. A sign on the pump advertises the ethanol content of the gasoline as a motorist reaches for the gas pump in his truck at a filling station in Bellmead, Texas. Meat producers and anti-hunger advocates were outraged.

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Bruce Babcock

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0.0659877"If you look at where gas prices are right now, it looks like it's in the interest of the gas companies to use ethanol," says Babcock.
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Kriston Sundell

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-0.349043Kriston Sundell, from ActionAid USA, predicted that "people around the world will go hungry due to spiking food prices while the EPA stubbornly clings to its misplaced faith in biofuels as a sustainable energy solution."
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Wally Tyner

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City: Bellmead

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FieldTerminology: gas pump

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Organization: EPA

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Organization: Environmental Protection Agency

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Monday, December 31, 2012

Video: Electricity, gas problems persist one week after Sandy | Essentials

Video: Electricity, gas problems persist one week after Sandy

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One week after superstorm Sandy, about 1. 4 million utility customers in five states are still without electricity and drivers are still hanging around in long lines for gasoline.

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