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Could supply all of California with water if we fixed our leaky pipes
2014-08-02 02:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: As if California didnt already have enough water issues to worry about right now, last week Los Angeles lost more than 20 million gallons a days worth for at least 100,000 people when a pipe that was installed a century ago finally broke. But it turns out geriatric pipes arent just a problem for the City of Angels. Aging infrastructure means that nationwide, pipes hemorrhage seven billion gallons of treated drinking water each day; enough to meet the daily water needs of the entire state of...
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Leaky WiFi leaks App data
2014-06-03 15:19:16| Wireless - Topix.net
Recently a settlement was obtained between 2 companies with the FTC. The charge was that these organizations failed to secure their mobile apps, which put consumer's private data at risk.
New Mexico cancels permit to expand leaky nuclear waste site
2014-03-22 04:50:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: New Mexico on Friday withdrew a temporary permit allowing two new disposal vaults at a U.S. government nuclear waste dump grappling with a release of radiation in February, state regulators said. Seventeen workers at the Carlsbad-area "waste isolation pilot project" (WIPP) were exposed to radiation after an accidental leak last month from the site which stores waste from U.S. nuclear labs and weapons production facilities. State regulators were withdrawing the draft expansion permit to identify...
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Despite Leaky Methane, is Natural Gas is Still Worth the Switch?
2014-02-14 12:48:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. is in a golden age for natural gas. Will leaky infrastructure bring it to an end? A new report, issued today in Science, is the latest to tackle the difficult issue of how much gas - and its primary ingredient, methane - leaks into the atmosphere. This may seem a bit arcane, but it's a critical issue for the future of the energy industry and the transportation sector as well. Here's a quick rundown: Methane is a potent greenhouse gas, more potent than carbon dioxide. Natural gas has...
Report: U.S., U.K. Tapped 'Leaky' Smartphone Apps Like Angry Birds
2014-01-28 07:34:14| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
The NSA and British intelligence teamed up to collect and store user data generated by "dozens of smartphone apps," including popular games like Angry Birds, according to The New York Times.