Toronto Taps Lake Ontario to Stay Cool
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Seeking relief from urban heat, Toronto has tapped into Lake Ontario's frigid depths to cool downtown office buildings. The "waste" is used as drinking water.
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Using wind to make clean water could be a winning combination.
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U.S. East Coast power grid operators said they had enough electricity to keep air conditioners running Tuesday as a heat wave continued to grip the region.
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As the summer swelters on, skyscrapers and apartments around the city will be cranking up the air conditioning and pushing the city's power grid to the limit.
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By Gerard Dziuba  As soon as the warm weather arrives, Dundee Township can reclaim one of its landmarks.  The spring winds will bring in temperatures warm enough to paint the silo in Raceway Woods. The structure already has been reinforced and sealed shut with steel doors.
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An 'urban heat island' effect, fed by the city's growth, is trapping heat and making temperatures soar.
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Sweltering residents across the West headed for lakes and rivers on Thursday, seeking relief from triple-digit temperatures expected to set records through at least Friday.
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By BARBARA WILLIAMS, STAFF WRITER  WEST MILFORD  The experts have spoken: Boaters predict they'll be able to use Greenwood Lake from shoreline to shoreline this summer.
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By Don Springer  Warm weather has arrived. I know because the boat traffic has begun in earnest on Coal River. The water skiers are out and even the youngest of the young are wading or swimming in the waters.
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Air cooled by ice is just as efficient -- and more environmentally friendly -- than traditional air-conditioning systems. It's also taking pressure of the city's power grid.
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Is Coldwater Creek finally cooling down?
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ORCHARD PARK, New York  - Outdoor games could become a regular fixture on the NHL calendar following another stunning success at the Winter Classic on Tuesday despite freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions.
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By Dominic Adams, The Lima News, Ohio  Sep. 24--OTTAWA -- A comment by an engineer about possibly using water from the Blanchard River to fill an under-construction Leipsic reservoir has Ottawa officials feeling defensive.  John T.
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A Las Vegas shopping center is trucking in water from as far away as Canada to fill its fountains. Reno will have to dip into its drought reserve supply for the first time in a decade. The most popular public ramp on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe is closed because there's not enough water to float a boat.
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By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ  Waukesha - After years of inaction, area business leaders have embraced tapping Lake Michigan as a new water source and warned that a pending international agreement to regulate the Great Lakes could easily and unfairly prevent that from happening.
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JORDAN, Ontario -- It's almost midnight. Snow flurries ride down on the breath of a starless sky, and the 15-degree air pricks at bare skin. It's a perfect time, Len Pennachetti concludes, to go out in a field and pick grapes.
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Wind, a lack of rain and generous sunshine have combined to keep beaches on the southern shore of Lake Michigan bacteria-free and inviting to swimmers so far this summer.