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No Fukushima radiation in tests off U.S. West Coast: scientists
2014-07-30 01:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Tests of water off the U.S. West Coast have found no signs of radiation from Japan's 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, although low levels of radiation are ultimately expected to reach the U.S. shore, scientists said on Tuesday. Results obtained this week in tests of water gathered by an Oregon conservation group and tested by East Coast scientists came in as expected with no Fukushima-linked radiation, and five more tests are planned at six-month intervals to see if radiation levels will climb....
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Deadly lightning strike was rare event for Southern California coast
2014-07-28 22:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Lightning storms that killed a 20-year-old beachgoer in Los Angeles and sent eight other people to the hospital stemmed from a combination of atmospheric conditions relatively unusual for coastal Southern California, weather experts said on Monday. A bolt of lightning, accompanied by what witnesses described as an explosive thunder clap, struck near the shore of Venice Beach on Sunday during a storm that materialized quickly and lasted about 15 minutes. An estimated 20,000 people were at the...
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BioCycle East Coast Conference 2014
2014-07-23 20:39:00| Waste Age
The Time Is Now for diversion of organic waste streams from landfills for conversion to soil products, energy, fuels. Location Turf Valley Resort Baltimore, MD United States See map: Google Maps The Time Is Now for diversion of organic waste streams from landfills for conversion to soil products, energy, fuels. The Best Conference to get hands-on information and tools for starting, expanding, investing in composting, organics recycling, renewable energy to build sustainable community infrastructure. BioCycle East Coast Conference 2014 is where you want to be to network with the who's who of the composting and anaerobic digestion industries. This is the Conference where participants get the latest on technologies, practices and systems to collect and process food waste and other organics, strategies to build markets for compost, biogas and biofuels, and successfully operate state-of-the-art organics recycling facilities. This Conference Is Designed For facility managers, policy makers, public agency officials, project developers, recycling coordinators, industry plant managers, researchers, consultants, and other waste management professionals. Organized by the editors of BioCycle magazine, BioCycle Conferences have a stellar reputation for communication of research, policies, and projects that are supporting the advancement of sustainable waste management solutions globally. read more
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HMI Touchscreens get Retrofitted on the "Left Coast Lifter" (LCL) Floating Crane
2014-07-23 06:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
The LCL is a behemoth floating crane that lifted huge pieces of bridge into place of the new eastern span Bay Bridge in San Francisco, CA. The LCL crane was designed by American Bridge and built in Shanghai, China by ZPMC in 2007. It floats on a huge barge and is pushed into place by tug boats. The floating crane can then manipulate itself to the exact position by using 8 anchor winches on the corners of the barge. Once in position, the four spuds (piles) are lowered into the bay mud to hold ...This story is related to the following:Boat, Barge, Ship Cranes | Floating Cranes
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US: Malibu Coast secures American Viticultural Area status
2014-07-22 16:56:00| Daily beverage news and comment - from just-drinks.com
Vineyards on California's Malibu Coast are able to geographically label their products after the region won official recognition as an American Viticultural Area (AVA).
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