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SF Cyclist Deaths Spark Concern
2013-10-23 06:13:51| Railroads - Topix.net
Bicycling in San Francisco is more popular than ever. The San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Authority reports the number of bicyclists in San Francisco is up 71 percent from 2006.
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Offshore oil related whale deaths ExxonMobil responds
2013-10-22 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
In October 2013 Offshore-technology published a feature titled 'Could oil and gas exploration be harming whale populations?' At the time of writing little response was forthcoming from the industry. Now ExxonMobil's Patrick McGinn shares the company'
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In Ulan Bator, winter stoves fuel a smog responsible for one in 10 deaths
2013-10-20 01:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: They call Mongolia the "land of blue sky"; its spectacular desert, forest and grasslands are blessed by sun for two-thirds of the year. But climb to a snow-dusted hilltop overlooking Ulan Bator and you see a thick grey band hanging over the city. In the coming weeks, as temperatures plummet, the smog will spread across the streets and into homes, shutting out the light. While Beijing's "airpocalypse" has made headlines worldwide, it pales beside the haze of the Mongolian capital. Ulan Bator is...
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Quick Evacuation Efforts Help India Minimize Deaths From Cyclone
2013-10-13 05:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: The powerful cyclone that struck Indias eastern coast this weekend washed away thousands of mud homes, knocked down power lines, blocked many of the regions roads and damaged crops and fishing boats. But reports from the region on Sunday showed the success of one of the biggest and most rapid evacuations in Indias history, an operation that moved more than 800,000 people to safety. Just 14 years ago, a cyclone in roughly the same place killed more than 10,000 people, and over the past century,...
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Gas flare draws thousands of birds to their deaths, and ignites questions
2013-10-12 15:34:58| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EnergyWire: The conditions that night were a perfect storm -- foggy, low cloud cover, an early fall evening that was right for flight. How many birds flew past the flare on a recent September night at the Canaport LNG plant, north of Maine in New Brunswick, Canada, isn't known. But managers at the liquefied natural gas import facility estimate that about 7,500 migrating birds, mostly small songbirds, were drawn into the flare and died from its heat. The issue of wind energy-related bird deaths has received...
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