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Australia: Coal: Stop burning it, this is the next asbestos
2014-04-19 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canberra Times: In the 1960s asbestos mining was a very profitable business. And it created a lot of jobs. Asbestos was very useful - indeed, one of the best insulating materials known to humankind. The link between asbestos and cancer was known as early as the 1930s. But mining continued. Hot water pipes were sheathed in it. In Australia, it was mined into the 1970s despite the known risk. Asbestos was mixed with cement to make building materials and sprinkled in roofs to insulate Canberra houses from the cold....
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Karnes man hit with TCEQ fine for dumping, burning tires
2014-03-27 07:04:42| Waste Management - Topix.net
A Karnes County man was fined $36,750 by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for improper disposal of waste, including more than 1,000 used or scrap tires.
Burning Springs' set to premiere
2014-03-04 01:31:21| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
"Burning Springs" - an hour-long documentary about the history of the state's oil and gas industry - will premiere at 8 p.m. Tuesday on West Virginia PBS.
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Burning natural gas is better than using coal: study
2014-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: The latest news about natural gas arrives in an awkward moment. American gas drilling is booming. The market is expanding. And natural gas is promoted as a clean fuel, far better to run buses or heat homes than oil. A report in Science magazine concludes those benefits are real, but at the same time decades of studies have found that natural gas leaks into the air are a potent contributor to climate change. And the new study finds those leaks are greater than the Environmental...
Workers hope to cap burning SW Pa. gas well
2014-02-14 17:01:41| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
State environmental officials are hopeful that expert firefighters brought in by Chevron will be able to cap a Marcellus Shale natural gas well that burst into flames in southwestern Pennsylvania earlier this week and is believed to have killed one worker.
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