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Addressing Carbon Pollution from Power Plants Is Vital for Avoiding Catastrophic Climate Change
2013-09-20 21:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
World Resources Institute: Future U.S. power suppliers will need to limit their carbon pollution, thanks to new standards announced today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The proposed emissions standards for new power plants are an important measure in implementing the Presidents Climate Action Plan (announced in June) to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate global warming. EPAs announcement comes against the backdrop of our deepening understanding of the science of climate change. It also...
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Catastrophic Pipeline Ruptures Still Too Big a Risk for Enbridge, Report Warns
2013-08-22 13:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
InsideClimate: Pipeline regulators in Canada and the United States are being cautioned that claims by Enbridge Inc. that it improved its safety procedures and adopted sophisticated inspection practices are exaggerated and that pipeline ruptures as catastrophic as the company's 2010 accident in Marshall, Mich. [3] are still possible. The warning came in a report filed this month with the Canadian National Energy Board [4], which is considering Enbridge's request to reverse the flow of an oil pipeline in Eastern...
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Were seeing catastrophic effects of climate change
2013-08-11 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Las Vegas Sun: Every summer, Brian Greenspun turns over his Where I Stand column to guest writers for several weeks. Todays writer is U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. As I spent time with my grandchildren a few Saturdays ago, I couldnt help but notice the looming clouds rising over Las Vegas. Only these clouds didnt represent a 30-second, midsummer downpour. These clouds were smoke. Mount Charleston was burning. In fact, much of the West was burning. It would be days before the Carpenter 1 Fire, as...
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Illinois law requires high schools to get catastrophic insurance coverage for student athletes
2013-08-06 19:25:00| American School & University
Legislation is named in memory of student who was paralyzed in 2000 during a football game Schoolhouse Beat read more
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Illinois law requires high schools to get catastrophic insurance coverage for student athletes
2013-08-06 19:25:00| American School & University
Legislation is named in memory of student who was paralyzed in 2000 during a football game Schoolhouse Beat read more
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