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Emergency Management
Forks Township, Pennsylvania, officials are the first to admit that it's been nearly 20 years since they last shopped for a rescue vehicle and a ladder truck for firefighters.
But they were no less alarmed when they discovered it would cost about $3 million to replace two key engines — an amount that is roughly a third of the township's entire operating budget.
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Marketplace.org
CSX is one of several major railroads asking Congress to extend a deadline to install a new safety system.
The system, called Positive Train Control, uses GPS to track where trains are and prevent collisions and derailments.
Rail carriers that transport passengers or hazardous materials have until the end of the year to install it. Larry Mann, a rail safety attorney, said the railroads have been dragging their feet.
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The Press Democrat
After epic fires raged through Lake and Sonoma counties this summer, local nonprofit organizations and government agencies are teaming up to experiment with some innovative — and potentially controversial — tools to combat wildfires in an era of climate change and drought.
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Governing
There's starting to be big money in worrying about climate change.
Last year, hedge fund billionaire Tom Steyer spent about $75 million seeking to influence state and federal elections in favor of candidates worried about climate change. He's still spending freely, but now he might be topped by another rich guy, Jay Faison, who says he'll pony up $175 million toward the cause. In some ways, Faison's task is harder: He's devoting his efforts toward convincing his fellow Republicans to take the issue seriously.
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Yakima Herald-Republic
Someday the ground beneath Central Washington will begin to undulate and continue for several minutes.
Distinct, but not strong enough to be destructive, the rolling vibrations will be our region's first indication that the Big One — a potential magnitude 9.0 earthquake — has struck along the Pacific Coast.
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San Antonio Current
Students can tote handguns at universities across Texas when new campus carry laws go into effect Aug. 1, 2016. But their water or styrafoam-shooting counterparts? Not so much.
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KOLO-TV
In 2014 alone, more than 700,000 drones were sold in the U.S. The industry says most owners are responsible. But some don't know the rules and others try to bend them. This poses a problem for pilots and the emergency operations of which they are a part.
The FAA says so far in 2015, pilots have reported nearly 700 incidents with drones. That's nearly triple the number reported in 2014.
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RT&S
Union Pacific recently launched a new campaign exclusively on social media, urging drivers and pedestrians to think about their personal safety first and wait at grade crossings.
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