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Residents Of Flint, Michigan, To Sue City, State Over Lead In Drinking Water
2015-11-17 06:15:30| pollutiononline Home Page
Residents of Flint, Mich., together with the ACLU of Michigan and the Natural Resources Defense Council, recently announced their intention to sue state and city officials for ongoing violations of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act amid the city’s widespread lead-contamination crisis.
Oil shares lead US stocks higher after Paris attacks
2015-11-17 00:12:14| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Big gains by petroleum-linked equities helped lift US stocks on Monday in the first session after the terror attacks in Paris late Friday. Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange participate in a moment of silence in honour of victims of the terrorist attacks in Paris before the opening trading bell in New York City.
Keystone XL's demise won't necessarily lead to boom in shipping crude by rail
2015-11-15 16:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Canadian Press: Now that the Keystone XL pipeline has been rejected, it's not a foregone conclusion that much of the 830,000 barrels a day that would have flowed through it will move on trains instead, industry watchers say. "I think that rail certainly will play a part, but a lot has to do what happens to the price of crude and happens to oilsands projects," said Dirk Lever, an analyst at AltaCorp. Capital. Proponents of Keystone XL and similar proposals frequently trumpeted the benefits of moving crude by...
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Sanders warns climate change will lead to radicalization
2015-11-15 15:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders warns climate change will lead to drought, unemployment and other instability, which could then lead to Islamic radicalization among discontented people.
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Australia: Coal-fired plants lead 'extreme competition', lifting emissions
2015-11-13 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sydney Morning Herald: An intense battle among electricity producers in Australia is being won by coal-fired power plants, sending carbon emissions climbing, energy consultants Pitt & Sherry say. With demand in the national electricity market (NEM) all but flat, "extreme competition" existed between clean energy being forced into the sector from the renewable energy target and surplus capacity among coal-fired power stations, Phil Harrington, a principal consultant with the firm, said. "At the moment, coal is winning,"...
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