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Dilbit in Exxon's Pegasus May Have Contributed Pipeline's Rupture
2013-09-09 12:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: In the five months since ExxonMobil's Pegasus oil pipeline burst in Arkansas, two things have become clear. Flawed, 1940s-era welding techniques used when the Pegasus was built set the stage for the rupture, and an internal pipeline inspection failed to spot the problem just weeks before the spill. The most critical question of all, however, has yet to be answered: What caused the pipe's long-dormant flawsassumed to be J-shaped 'hook cracks,' in this caseto awaken and grow undetected until catastrophe...
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NTSB says lack of PTC, engineer's vision problems contributed to fatal wreck in Goodwell, Okla.
2013-06-22 01:50:10| Railroads - Topix.net
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The National Transportation Safety Board today determined that the probable cause of a June 24, 2012 head-on collision of two Union Pacific Railroad freight trains was the eastbound train crew's failure to respond to wayside signals.
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NSA's lax ban on USB drives may have contributed to PRISM leaks
2013-06-14 21:20:47| InfoWorld: Top News
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Climate change, poor urban planning contributed to deadly Argentine flooding
2013-04-19 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Rain began to fall over the Argentine capital of Buenos Aires late at night April 1. By the next morning, rainfall records for the month had been broken and the city woke up to find its streets covered with water. Torrential rains dumped more than 6 inches of water on the city in less than two hours, according to reports from the Buenos Aires Central Observatory, killing eight people and leaving hundreds displaced. But the worst was yet to come. A 6-inch rain in less than two hours earlier...
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Apartment Industry, Residents Contributed $1.1T to the Economy
2013-04-03 19:12:00| National Real Estate Investor
By Stephen S. Fuller, Ph.D., of George Mason Universitys Center for Regional Analysis Despite the worst economy in a generation, apartments and their residents contributed $1.1 trillion to the national economy in 2011 and supported 25.4 million jobs, demonstrating that even in a severe economic downturn, apartments’ contributions are substantial and lasting. read more
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