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...Pittsburgh in May as the site for the summit, the city has said it is readying up to 1,000 jail cells for protesters, importing 3,100 law-enforcement officers from around the country to supplement its 900-member force and mobilizing 2,000 National Guard troops. The city council passed new laws (set to expire on Sept. 30) targeting the possession of certain tools and "noxious substances" - items allegedly thrown or used to blockade space at protests elsewhere...
...Tonight, the Cambridge City Council will meet to discuss climate change and greenhouse-gas emissions. In my opinion, now is the time for the city to consider an offshore wind farm. By constructing offshore wind farms in the outer reaches of Boston Harbor, the region will position itself to meet the requirements of the pending Waxman-Markey bill—or other future federal legislation that caps greenhouse-gas emissions...
Neal W. Leavitt ’96 is a candidate for Cambridge City Council...
...more than four times the expected cost. With fewer than 4,000 people expected to attend the Pittsburgh summit, experts say the local economy should see a boost of only about $8 million. And while the U.S. government is covering many of the city's costs, the Pittsburgh city council had to temporarily shift $16 million in funding to cover outlays that they say will be reimbursed eventually...
...heightens our concerns about the case because you would expect that if the government's allegations were based on strong evidence, that there would be charges brought based on terror-related evidence, not making false statements." - Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations. (New York Times, Sept...