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Low on Natural Gas, More Cities in China Will Face Choking Air Pollution
2013-10-30 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: In a push to curb air pollution, China has been urging its cities to rely more heavily on natural gas and less on coal. But a shortage of natural gas is threatening that goal, as urban populations boom and domestic gas production lags, Reuters reports. Chinese officials have said that to reduce air pollution the most densely populated parts of Beijing should use only gas heat, which limits the supply of natural gas for smaller cities and forces those cities to rely on coal. Pollution levels in Chinese...
The oceans are heating, acidifying and choking
2013-10-04 21:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Scientist: We know the oceans are warming. We know they are acidifying. And now, to cap it all, it turns out they are suffocating, too. A new health check on the state of the oceans warns that they will have lost as much as 7 per cent of their oxygen by the end of the century. The cascade of chemical and biological changes now under way could see coral reefs irreversibly destroyed in 50 to 100 years, with marine ecosystems increasingly taken over by jellyfish and toxic algal blooms. The review is a repeat...
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Choking Clouds of Wildfire Smoke Sprawl Over Southern Oregon
2013-08-08 20:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Desk: How intense are the wildfires blazing in Oregon and California? Lets answer that question with a photo, snapped in late July by Marvin Vetter of the Oregon Department of Forestry, showing a dang-blasted firenado swirling above a sea of burning trees:
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US: Macy's recalls infant jackets over choking risk
2013-07-19 12:35:30| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Some 8,700 infants' snap up jackets have been recalled by Macy's because the snaps of the jackets can come off, posing a choking hazard.
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US: Stride Rite sandals recalled on choking hazard
2013-06-14 13:01:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Footwear retailer Stride Rite has recalled around 7,500 girl's sandals after reports that the metal flower on the shoe can become loose or detached, posing a choking hazard.
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