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I Was Sick for a Year After an Oil Spill. Five Years Later, Pipeline Accidents Are Worsening
2016-07-11 04:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Truthout: Early in the morning on July 2, 2011, I walked down the gravel road on our Montana farm to let the goats out to graze for the day. I found an oily rainbow sheen on the Yellowstone River flowing through our hay fields and pasture, plus large clumps of crude oil sticking to trees, cattails and brush. The oily water was in our sloughs, our pond and the creek that runs along the eastern edge of the farm. I checked the local news on my phone and found that an Exxon oil pipeline had ruptured underneath...
Mekong Delta faces worsening land subsidence
2016-07-03 22:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
English: The Mekong Delta region has been facing worsening land subsidence, which has been compounded by the prolonged drought in the region this year. A road subsides in Inter-provincial Road 965 in U Minh Thuong district, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang. At the Mekong Delta Forum 2016 recently held in HCM City, economic experts said the region has been experiencing major impacts from climate change and human activity, including land subsidence from three to five centemetres each year. The...
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Globalization is worsening the effects of climate change, study says
2016-06-12 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Cantech Letter: A new study shows that economic losses caused by climate change felt in one part of the world are producing ripple effects everywhere else, thanks to globalization. Researchers at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany and Columbia University in the United States looked at manufacturing and production data in 186 countries covering 26 global industries, ranging from mining to textiles and telecommunications, and matched up results with existing research on temperature effects...
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In coal-powered China, electric car surge fuels fear worsening smog
2016-01-27 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Automakers' latest projections for rapid growth of China's green car market have added to concerns of worsening smog as the uptake of electric vehicles powered by coal-fired grids races ahead of a switch to cleaner energy. Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE) plans 15 new-energy models over 3-5 years, its China chief told a green car conference in Beijing on Saturday, predicting - like the government - that Chinese production of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles would grow almost six times to 2 million...
Global report reveals dire state of fisheries, worsening air pollution
2016-01-26 00:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The 2016 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), a Yale-based initiative that evaluates how 180 countries protect ecosystems and human health, finds cause for both optimism and serious concern. The world's nations have expanded access to water and sanitation while creating more protected areas than ever before, yet countries have failed to reverse degradation of air quality and decline in fisheries, the report finds. The EPI, which measures national and global protection of ecosystems and human health...