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Tension between Mayor, Governor on Indian Point closing

From the WNYC News Blog, dated 7 July 2011. This shouldn’t  be a surprise – the strong arguments for closing Indian Point don’t amount to a plan if not accompanied with plausible scheme for reducing consumption and providing renewable energy at least equal – it not in excess of – Indian Point’s electricity consumption. From Rift [...]

Average age of New Yorkers rising

According to USA Today and the AP, the distribution of New Yorkers by age is shifting upwards. See Aging boomers strain cities built for the young, which we caught by the WNYC News Blog, brought to us by WNYC’s news staff.  Since no single human beng, not even WNYC’s Robert Hennelly, can compress information so that [...]

Social Networks Reduce Disaster Risk

Ben Franklin is reputed to have said “we shall hang together, or we shall hang separately.”  Long-time readers know that it is our firmly-held conviction that social networks matter more than any single type of preparation or cached equipment. Here is an excerpt from The Key To Disaster Survival? Pals, Neighbors broadcast on the July [...]


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