Thursday, November 1, 2012

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Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 03:13 PM PDT

New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama 
Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 03:13 PM PDT
Mayor Michael Bloomberg speaks to the media at Seward Park High School on the lower east side, the site of one of many public shelters set up in preparation of the storm, Sunday, Oct. 28, 2012, in New York. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the U.S. Northeast braced for the onslaught of a superstorm threatening some 60 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is endorsing President Barack Obama for re-election, citing his leadership on climate change.
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Don't Freak Out About the Possible Election Day Nor'Easter Just Yet 
Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 03:13 PM PDT
Don't Freak Out About the Possible Election Day Nor'Easter Just YetLet's all sit down for this: The National Weather Service is predicting more weather of the extreme variety. A Nor'easter is "possible for Mid-Atlantic/New England states by Election Day into next Thursday," per the Hydrometeorological Prediction Center of College Park, Maryland. Nor'easter sounds like something we're not quite ready to deal with yet, but it will not be as monumental, it appears, as a Snor'eastercane. ...
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New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama for re-election, cites leadership on climate change 
Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 02:50 PM PDT
WASHINGTON - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday backed President Barack Obama over Republican Mitt Romney, saying the incumbent Democrat will bring leadership that is critically needed to fight climate change after the East Coast devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy.
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Bloomberg endorses Obama for a second term, climate change a focus 
Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 01:19 PM PDT
U.S. President Barack Obama and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg attend the New York City Science and Engineering Fair at the American Museum of Natural History in New York(Reuters) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Thursday endorsed President Barack Obama for a second term, citing the importance of his record on climate change, particularly in the aftermath of the devastating blow dealt to the New York area by storm Sandy. Bloomberg said Obama has taken significant steps to reduce carbon consumption, whereas Republican challenger Mitt Romney has backtracked on earlier positions he had taken as governor of Massachusetts to battle climate change. "Our climate is changing," Bloomberg wrote in an opinion article for Bloomberg View, a section of Bloomberg News. ...
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg Endorses Obama 
Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 12:49 PM PDT
Citing climate change as the deciding factor, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today endorsed President Obama for a second term, saying Hurricane Sandy “brought the stakes of Tuesday’s presidential election into sharp relief.” In the wake of the devastation, Bloomberg, an independent, said the...
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Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 12:10 PM PDT
New York Mayor Bloomberg endorses Obama for re-election, cites leadership on climate change
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Bloomberg Gives Obama Surprise Endorsement 
Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 11:58 AM PDT
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg made a surprise last-minute endorsement of President Obama on Thursday, saying his decision came after reflecting on Hurricane Sandy and the threat of man-made climate change. 
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Critics: Sandy Showed Nuclear Plants’ Vulnerability to Weather, Sabotage 
Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 11:00 AM PDT
The danger Hurricane Sandy posed to nuclear power plants along the East Coast highlights some of the same vulnerabilities that terrorists looking to release harmful radiation into the environment could exploit, watchdog groups said this week.
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Climate change, or crap shoot? Experts weigh Sandy's causes 
Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 05:52 AM PDT
Lower Manhattan is seen from New York Harbor(Reuters) - A huge storm barrels down on the United States, wreaking havoc with punishing winds, record flooding, heavy snowfall and massive blackouts. Is the main culprit climate change or a freak set of coincidences? Sandy wiped out homes along the New Jersey shore, submerged parts of New York City, and dumped snow as far south as the Carolinas. At least 50 people were reported killed in the United States, on top of 69 in the Caribbean, while millions of people were left without power. ...
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November Starts With Warm DFW Weather 
Thursday, Nov 01, 2012 05:24 AM PDT
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Hurricane Sandy a boon to global warming speculation 
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2012 11:50 PM PDT
While global warming hysteria in recent years largely fell off many Americans’ radar, Hurricane Sandy has brought back climate change speculation with a vengeance: This week has seen politicians, pundits and entertainers engaged in hypotheses about the role global warming played in producing the monster storm.
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