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Canadas great inland delta: A precarious future looms
2013-11-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Along the banks of the Quatre Fourches River, 125 miles downstream of Albertas massive tar sands development, Joe Wandering Spirit once lived in a single-room cabin with a crazy cat and a team of sled dogs that he kept tied up outside year-round. As Wandering Spirit knows, living in the heart of the Peace-Athabasca Delta -- one of the worlds largest inland freshwater deltas -- has never been secure. In this 2,200-square-mile expanse of waterways and wetlands, seasonally meandering rivers and...
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Water, rats, outages: Japan nuke plant precarious
2013-04-11 13:11:14| Energy - Topix.net
In this Feb. 10, 2013 file photo, tens of cylindrical tanks built for storage of polluted water are seen near the four reactor buildings, background, at the tsunami-devastated Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant in Okuma, northern Japan, where preparations for dismantlement of the facilities are underway.
Wind Turbine Repair Techs Use iPod Touches from Precarious Perches
2013-03-06 04:59:41| Energy - Topix.net
For instance, about 1,700 NextEra Energy wind turbine technicians recently began using Apple's iPod Touch handheld devices to help them service the gargantuan machines.
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